{"id":1999177,"date":"2023-08-13T06:32:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T10:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trifecta-status-on-the-2023-ballot-for-these-five-states\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T06:35:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T10:35:41","slug":"trifecta-status-on-the-2023-ballot-for-these-five-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trifecta-status-on-the-2023-ballot-for-these-five-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Trifecta status on 2023 ballot in 5 states."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrifecta-status-on-the-2023-ballot-for-these-five-states%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1999177&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>2023 \u2062Elections: The Future of \u2063State Leadership\u200b Hangs in \u200dthe Balance<\/h2>\n<p>While most people\u2062 are \u2062focused on the highly-anticipated 2024 election,\u2063 the future of five states&#8217; party leadership will be decided much sooner in the 2023 gubernatorial and legislative elections.<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia are all \u200cholding elections in 2023. The results could either \u200dbreak a Democratic trifecta in one state or\u200d create new Republican trifectas in others.<\/p>\n<h3>Up for Debate: \u2063Where Trump, DeSantis, and\u2063 Rest of Republican 2024 Field Stand on Key Issues<\/h3>\n<p>Mississippi, Louisiana, and Kentucky will hold elections for\u200b governor, and voters in Virginia and New Jersey will decide the fate of their state representatives \u2064and\u2064 senators.<\/p>\n<p>A trifecta is a term used to describe a state where the executive\u200b and legislative bodies are all controlled by the same party. As of now, there are 22 Republican trifectas, 17 Democratic trifectas, and\u200c 11 divided governments where neither \u200dparty holds trifecta control.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the five states with trifecta status on the line \u200band\u200c a look\u200b at what their current system has been able to\u200b accomplish\u2062 ahead of the November races.<\/p>\n<h3>New Jersey &#8211; Democratic Trifecta<\/h3>\n<p>New \u200bJersey has\u2064 seen both Republican and Democratic trifectas in its history. The Garden State\u200b has had 12 years of\u2064 Democratic\u2064 trifecta \u2064and \u2063eight years of Republican trifecta between 1992 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Democrats turned the\u200d tide in 2002 when Democrat Richard D.\u200c Codey was elected governor and the party took the House. Democrats later secured the Senate in 2004 and continue to maintain control \u2063over the General \u200bAssembly to this day.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) has \u2062touted the legislature&#8217;s accomplishments in areas like education and the economy. In 2022, Murphy \u2063declared he was &#8220;boldly progressive,&#8221; but kicked off 2023 praising lawmakers for bipartisan work \u2014 a\u200d change in tune\u200c believed \u2064to have resulted from the Democrats&#8217; reelection cycle coming up in November.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Democrats have used the trifecta to their agenda&#8217;s advantage ahead of the election. The Democrat-controlled legislature passed the Elections Transparency Act in March, which included spending and contribution limits, an overhaul of pay-to-play laws, and\u200b shortened the timeline for watchdog investigations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">campaign finance violations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, in November,\u2063 every seat is up for election, and with Democrats holding narrow margins\u200b in both chambers, it&#8217;s a moderately \u2063vulnerable race. Republicans need to win five seats in the Senate\u200c or six seats in the House to flip\u200d one chamber or the other.<\/p>\n<p>The 2023 election in New Jersey will be using, for the first time, districts that were drawn following the 2020\u200b census.\u200d These districts were \u2064criticized by New Jersey \u2064Republicans for being drawn unfairly in\u2062 favor of Democrats \u2014 three of the four \u200cpotentially competitive districts are held by Democrats, and the fourth is more Republican.<\/p>\n<h3>Kentucky\u2063 &#8211; Possible Republican Trifecta<\/h3>\n<p>Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) is up for reelection. He\u2064 will\u2064 face Kentucky\u200d Attorney General Daniel Cameron, the Republican nominee, on Nov.\u200d 7.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1947, there have only been three \u2063Republicans elected as the governor of the \u200dBluegrass State,\u200b placing the odds against Cameron. However, \u200dKentucky has a Republican majority in both \u200dchambers of\u2063 the legislature, so this will \u200dbe a test to see whether\u200d a Democratic incumbent can survive in a state \u200ctrending deep red.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron is also considered a rising star within the GOP, receiving support from former President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell\u2064 (R-KY). He is \u2062also the first Black candidate to become a major party&#8217;s nominee in a Kentucky gubernatorial race.<\/p>\n<p>However, Beshear\u2064 remains \u2064one of the most\u200d popular governors in the United\u200d States. He has campaigned on \u200dhis administration&#8217;s handling of COVID-19 and\u2063 several natural disasters,\u200d as well as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-ashli-babbitt-was-killed-by-capitol-police-on-january-6-they-still-wont-tell-us-who-did-it-or-why\/\" title=\"WALSH: Ashli Babbitt Was Killed By Capitol Police On January 6. They Still Won\u2019t Tell Us Who Did It Or Why.\">high-profile shooting<\/a> that took\u200d place in Louisville in April. \u200cCameron, on the other hand, has criticized Beshear for promoting President Joe Biden&#8217;s policies and has \u2063worked with the General Assembly\u2064 to push forward bills\u2062 regarding transgender rights and \u200banti-abortion policy.<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky has had eight years\u200c of \u2064Democratic trifectas \u2062and three years of Republican\u200c trifectas between 1992 and 2023. Republicans flipped the Senate in 2000. In\u2063 2017,\u2062 Republicans received \u200btheir \u200bfirst trifecta with \u2062wins in the House and governor&#8217;s\u200c mansion. They held \u200donto it until 2020\u2063 after Beshear\u200d ousted Republican incumbent\u2062 Gov. Matt Bevin.<\/p>\n<p>The 2023 governor&#8217;s race in Kentucky leans Democratic, according\u2062 to \u2064Cook Political Report.<\/p>\n<h3>Louisiana &#8211; Possible Republican Trifecta<\/h3>\n<p>Louisiana&#8217;s governor race\u200b could be a \u2063pivotal moment for \u200bRepublicans to gain back the trifecta\u200d they lost in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans\u2064 had \u200bfive trifectas between 1992 and 2023, and\u2062 Democrats\u200c had eight. The last Democratic trifecta ended in 2008, when \u2064Republicans took\u2063 the governor&#8217;s office and then the legislature\u2064 in 2011 for the first time in nearly 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats\u200d are losing a key advantage in the 2023 \u2063elections, as \u2063Gov. John Bel Edwards (D-LA) is term-limited. He\u2063 was \u200dthe first Democratic governor \u2064to be\u2062 reelected \u2063to a second term since the 1970s. Now, the\u200c seat \u200bis rated \u2064&#8221;lean Republican.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Republican\u200c Louisiana Attorney General Jeff\u2062 Landry has a significant lead over other GOP candidates, and similar\u200b to Cameron, he has \u200dan endorsement from Trump. Landry is currently ahead in the polls\u2062 compared to Shaun Wilson, \u2062the only Democratic candidate in the race.<\/p>\n<p>The state passed a significant amount of bipartisan\u2064 bills \u2062that went into effect on \u200cAug. 1, such as increased punishments for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-relocates-employees-from-seattle-office-amid-crime-spike-fentanyl-crisis\/\" title=\"Amazon Relocates Employees From Seattle Office Amid Crime Spike, Fentanyl Crisis\">fentanyl-related crimes<\/a>, changes to the state&#8217;s\u2063 age\u2062 verification laws, and requirements for every public school to display the phrase\u2062 &#8220;In God We Trust.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, some hardline conservative packages failed to become law, \u200bwith the Democratic governor issuing vetoes on a &#8220;Don&#8217;t\u200d Say Gay&#8221; bill that \u2063prohibited public\u200b school teachers from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abigail-shrier-activist-teachers-recruit-middle-schoolers-for-lgbtq-clubs-mock-parents\/\" title=\"Abigail Shrier: Activist Teachers Recruit Middle Schoolers for \u2018LGBTQ Clubs,\u2019 Mock Parents\">discussing gender identity<\/a> \u2064in the classroom and a measure that would\u2063 require the use of pronouns assigned at birth when addressing students.<\/p>\n<p>A ban on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trifecta-status-on-the-2023-ballot-for-these-five-states\/\" title=\"Trifecta status on 2023 ballot in 5 states.\">gender-transitioning health care<\/a> for\u2062 minors will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024.\u200d Edwards had vetoed the bill, but\u200b the legislature used \u200bits Republican super-majority to override it.<\/p>\n<p>All seats in the legislature are up for reelection in \u200c2023. However, the legislature is expected to stay in the hands of the GOP.<\/p>\n<h3>Virginia &#8211; Split Legislature, Possible Republican Trifecta<\/h3>\n<p>Virginia&#8217;s legislative race is one that all eyes will be on in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>It is one of two states that \u200dhave a split legislature: Republicans have a two-seat majority in the House of Delegates, and Democrats have a two-seat majority in the Senate. Between 1992 and 2023,\u200c Republicans and Democrats each\u200d had four trifectas. Both parties have experienced divided governments (executive one \u200cparty, legislature another) and \u200ddivided trifectas (legislature split).<\/p>\n<p>With \u2064all seats up for reelection and a \u2062fiery primary \u200brace,\u2062 it is up in the air as to which party will maintain control and which one will lose it.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia, like \u2062New Jersey, is using districts enacted after the 2020 census. The difference \u2063is that most experts \u2063agree Virginia&#8217;s new district maps\u200c are\u200b fair to both parties, with neither gaining an advantage.<\/p>\n<p>So, this means that Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) \u200bcould face two possibilities:\u200b He could see Republicans gain a \u2063trifecta if the GOP can flip the Senate, or he \u2062could lose total control of the \u2062legislature if Democrats gain as few as \u200cthree seats in the House \u200bof \u2064Delegates.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia&#8217;s\u2063 split General Assembly has made it difficult for Youngkin to enact his conservative agenda, \u2062particularly when it \u2064comes to introducing tough-on-crime legislation. Other areas, such as abortion access and a push for tax cuts, were\u200d either held up in\u200c lengthy\u2062 discussions or killed in the Democratic-controlled state Senate.<\/p>\n<h3>Mississippi &#8211; Republican Trifecta<\/h3>\n<p>Mississippi Republicans have held\u200c a\u200d trifecta in the state since 2012. Democrats secured four trifectas between 1992 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The state&#8217;s \u2062trifecta is rated &#8220;not \u2062vulnerable&#8221; by Ballotpedia, with the governor&#8217;s \u2063race rated as &#8220;likely Republican.&#8221; The GOP also has a 12-seat majority \u200din the state Senate and a 20-seat majority in the state House.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Tate Reeves (R-MS) won the GOP primary election handily on Aug. 8.\u200b He will face Brandon Presley in the general election this fall. Reeves is \u2064the nation&#8217;s fifth-most unpopular governor, receiving\u2064 a 48% approval\u2063 and 42% disapproval rating as of \u200dOctober 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans \u2064in the Magnolia State have had significant legislative wins over the\u200d last \u2063session. Reeves \u2062signed \u2062eight anti-abortion bills into \u2064law in April, advancing \u2062his &#8220;pro-life \u2062agenda&#8221; that is popular among Republican voters.<\/p>\n<p>One of the \u200dmost controversial bills from the 2023 legislative session \u200cis currently \u200cfacing review in federal court. House Bill\u200d 1020, which took effect on July\u2063 1,\u200d significantly \u2064increases state control over Jackson&#8217;s judicial system and policing.<\/p>\n<p>GOP lawmakers say the bill will increase safety in\u200b the capital city. However, Democrats have taken\u200d issue with the bill, accusing the majority-white and Republican-controlled state Legislature of trying to take \u200bcontrol away from \u2063Jackson, which is \u200da majority-black city.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE\u200c FROM THE WASHINGTON\u2063 EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a Republican trifecta in another, potentially shifting the balance of power. 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