{"id":122431,"date":"2024-11-05T19:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122431"},"modified":"2024-11-05T19:01:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T12:01:00","slug":"voters-could-flip-these-state-legislatures-changing-the-path-for-some-big-issues-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122431","title":{"rendered":"Voters could flip these state legislatures, changing the path for some big issues : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-32311\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 4200;&#10;        --source-height: 2800;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4200x2800+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F48%2F63%2Ff933dd5e44e6a6e411416e9dc07a%2Fgettyimages-1493012967.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4200x2800+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F48%2F63%2Ff933dd5e44e6a6e411416e9dc07a%2Fgettyimages-1493012967.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4200x2800+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F48%2F63%2Ff933dd5e44e6a6e411416e9dc07a%2Fgettyimages-1493012967.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4200x2800+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F48%2F63%2Ff933dd5e44e6a6e411416e9dc07a%2Fgettyimages-1493012967.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4200x2800+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F48%2F63%2Ff933dd5e44e6a6e411416e9dc07a%2Fgettyimages-1493012967.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz threw a ceremonial budget bill-signing party Wednesday morning on the State Capitol steps. In front of hundreds of supporters he boasted about the accomplishments in the nearly $72 billion budget made possible by the Democrats (DFL) control of the state legislature and governor's office. Wednesday, May 24, 2023 St. Paul, Minn. (Photo by Glen Stubbe\/Star Tribune via Getty Images)\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4200x2800+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F48%2F63%2Ff933dd5e44e6a6e411416e9dc07a%2Fgettyimages-1493012967.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signs the budget bill on May 24, 2023, on the steps of the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., in front of hundreds of supporters.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Glen Stubbe\/Star Tribune via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Glen Stubbe\/Star Tribune via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tucked at the bottom of the ballot, races for the state legislature can have an enormous effect on issues from abortion to guns to voting access.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/02\/nx-s1-5129659\/abortion-election-michigan-arizona-minnesota\"><u>Control of legislatures<\/u><\/a> is up for grabs in several states this year. Republicans are defending vulnerable majorities in Arizona, New Hampshire and Wisconsin, and Democrats are trying to stay on top in Michigan, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>And as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/12\/22\/1220111009\/congress-passed-so-few-laws-this-year-that-we-explained-them-all-in-1-000-words\"><u>Congress remains largely gridlocked<\/u><\/a>, state legislatures are productive, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quorum.us\/data-driven-insights\/state-legislatures-versus-congress-which-is-more-productive\/\"><u>introducing more bills, and passing more laws<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s partly because nearly every legislature is controlled by one party or the other, making it easier to pass laws over the objections of political opponents. Republicans control 28 legislatures. Democrats have 20.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>It\u2019s also due to a series of conservative U.S. Supreme Court rulings that handed states the power to regulate issues from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2024\/05\/22\/1252771024\/state-abortion-laws-2024-election\"><u>abortion<\/u><\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/06\/28\/nx-s1-5022892\/we-break-down-the-overturning-of-the-chevron-doctrine\"><u>environmental policy<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court has rolled back national standards and put state governments in the spotlight, says Jake Grumbach, an associate professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that increases the difference between red and blue states and makes the state level more important,\u201d Grumbach says. \u201cYour state of residence now is more important for your life and your relationship to government than it has been since probably soon after the Civil Rights era.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response, political parties and other groups are spending big money to try and influence who gets elected to serve under capitol domes around the country.<\/p>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5178076-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP STATICHTML\" --><\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, the main fundraising arm for statehouse Democrats, set a $60 million budget to support legislative races this year. Forward Majority, a group aligned with Democrats, is planning to spend $45 million this cycle. And The States Project, another progressive group, announced a $70 million goal earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican State Leadership Committee, the DLCC\u2019s GOP counterpart, recently announced an increase of their initial $38 million commitment to $44 million, sounding the alarm on the fundraising gap with Democrats in a <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/60f608b4d8590f6f84e05f56\/t\/6718f76166c1a254bc69e710\/1729689441419\/MEMO+SPENDING+.pdf\"><u>memo to donors late last month.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Democrats pump money into late television, digital, and canvassing efforts to overwhelm our candidates with false attacks, we must double down on our targeted investments to keep our campaigns competitive through Election Day,\u201d the memo states.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Historical_partisan_composition_of_state_legislatures\"><u>Republicans have controlled more legislative chambers<\/u><\/a> since an organized blitz ahead of the 2010 elections, allowing the party to cement control of both statehouse and congressional districts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/08\/07\/897831713\/with-focus-on-redistricting-democrats-place-new-emphasis-on-statehouses\"><u>through redistricting in ensuing years.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>DLCC President Heather Williams says Democrats have been building back in order to be strongly positioned in the 2030 redistricting cycle when they could be in position to draw voting maps.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-secondary-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap secondary\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe certainly look at the election in front of us and are identifying where the opportunities are. But we are also responsible for crafting this long-term strategy to win power in the states over the decade,\u201d Williams says.<\/p>\n<p>As for which policies are front of mind for voters, Williams says abortion, protecting access to the ballot and education are top of mind in a year when the presidential election is taking up most of the oxygen in the room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that federal solutions to these big issues that we care deeply about are so important in this country. And while we wait to build that power, those decisions are being made in our statehouses every single day,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">States where legislative control hangs in the balance this year<\/h3>\n<p>The political battlegrounds for state legislatures largely mirror the map of swing states in this year\u2019s presidential election \u2014 Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin \u2014 and two states where parties have narrow control of both legislative chambers and governor\u2019s office \u2014 Democratic-led Minnesota and Republican-led New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are hoping backlash to the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> will lead to a surge of voters in tightly controlled legislatures. In Arizona, Democrats say they believe they have a chance to win total control of the Legislature and governor\u2019s office by unseating GOP lawmakers who voted against repealing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kjzz.org\/2024-05-01\/content-1878707-arizona-lawmakers-vote-narrow-margin-repeal-1864-near-total-abortion-ban\"><u>Civil War-era abortion ban earlier this year<\/u><\/a>. Republicans are defending narrow two-seat majorities in both the state House and Senate.<\/p>\n<p>In Michigan and Minnesota, Republicans argue that progressive policies enacted by the recently minted Democratic trifectas have pushed the states too far to the left. Since winning reelection in 2022, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a package of progressive policies including abortion protections, gun safety and repealing so-called \u201cright-to-work\u201d legislation. Since Democrats won the governor\u2019s office and both legislative chambers in Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz has signed bills that provide free meals for kids at school, restore voting rights to some people with felony convictions and reinforce abortion access and transgender rights.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-third-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap third\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>And Democrats are trying to break apart a Republican trifecta in New Hampshire, where control of the largest-in-the-nation Legislature has bounced back and forth over the years. New Hampshire is one of the few states in New England without abortion protections enshrined in its state constitution and Democrats hope the issue, along with an open election for governor, will boost turnout.<\/p>\n<p>In Pennsylvania, one of two legislatures with split control, Democrats are trying to continue momentum from the statewide victories of Gov. Josh Shapiro and U.S. Sen. John Fetterman. But Republicans hope the flood of national attention during the presidential election, including the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in western Pennsylvania, will spur voters to put a check on Democrats in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have controlled the Wisconsin Legislature for more than a decade under political maps that favored the GOP. But Democrats hope new maps \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/wisconsin-legislature-run-old-districts-new-maps\"><u>redrawn by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers<\/u><\/a> after the state Supreme Court struck down Republican-drawn maps in 2023 \u2014 will lead to a shakeup of the GOP-led Legislature. According to Wisconsin Public Radio, at least 61 members of the state Assembly and Senate won\u2019t run in their old districts \u2014 nearly half of the Legislature. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/wisconsin-legislative-elections-maps-assembly-senate\"><u>Democrats are running candidates<\/u><\/a> in 97 of the Assembly\u2019s 99 races and in each of the 16 open Senate races.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/05\/nx-s1-5178076\/legislature-elections-pennsylvania-michigan\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota Gov. 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