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Originally Posted by Tex
- R's now control 54 state houses, have unified control (both houses) of 26 states, and have the governorship too in 16 of those. Beyond redistricting, this is still huge. States are where new policies get experimented with before moving to the federal level. This is gonig to open up new possibilities for the implementation and proof of conservative policies.
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Make that 27, including complete control of the VA executive and legislative branches for only the 2nd time since Reconstruction.
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The last time the GOP had this much legislative power in state capitals, most motion pictures were still being produced without sound.
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Hot damn.
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