{"id":2698210,"date":"2026-11-04T16:32:01","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T21:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndemocrats-wipe-out-republican-control-of-state-governments\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T16:41:49","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T21:41:49","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndemocrats-wipe-out-republican-control-of-state-governments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndemocrats-wipe-out-republican-control-of-state-governments\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Wipe Out Republican Control Of State Governments"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndemocrats-wipe-out-republican-control-of-state-governments%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=2698210&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--><p>After Tuesday\u2019s midterms, moast attention has focused on Republican setbacks in Congress, but their defeats extend far deeper into state governments.<\/p>\n<p>Across both swing and traditionally red states, Republicans lost major statewide offices and, in several places, control of state legislatures. Those statehouses and executive offices matter because they shape everything from election administration too education policy.<\/p>\n<p>In Arizona,Democrats appear to have swept the top statewide posts and are poised to take both legislative chambers,which would give them full control of the state for the first time in six decades. similar flips happened in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, where Democrats won gubernatorial races and gained legislative control; before the election, Republicans held key posts in those states.<\/p>\n<p>New Hampshire and North Carolina showed comparable shifts. Although Republican Kelly Ayotte won reelection in New Hampshire, Democrats are projected to capture both the state House and Senate. In North Carolina, Democrats flipped the state House while Republicans likely held a narrow edge in the Senate (the governor\u2019s office was not on the ballot there this year).<\/p>\n<p>Democratic gains continued in some red states as well. In Georgia, Democrats took nearly all statewide offices, though the state House result remained in flux and Republicans were expected to keep the Senate. In Iowa, Democrat Rob Sand won the governor\u2019s race and another Democrat looked set to unseat the Republican attorney general, even as Republicans were expected to keep control of the legislature.<\/p>\n<p>Close contests also unfolded in Kansas, where Democrat Cindy Holscher and Democrat Chris Mann led their statewide rivals by slim margins wiht most ballots counted, while Republicans were projected to hold legislative majorities. In Ohio, Democrat Amy Acton beat republican Vivek Ramaswamy for governor, and the attorney general race was narrowly favoring Democrat John Kulewicz; Republicans there were still expected to keep the legislature.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the biggest blow to the GOP came in Texas, where Democrats captured the governor\u2019s office, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and won all four Texas Supreme Court races-shifting the court\u2019s conservative dominance. Legislative control will be split, with Democrats leading the House and Republicans the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>the midterms reshaped control of many state governments, amplifying democratic gains beyond the federal-level losses Republicans suffered.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Texas_capitol_walk.jpg\">Larry D. 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But unfortunately for the GOP, those losses are only the tip of the political iceberg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In \u201cpurple\u201d and \u201cred\u201d states across the country, Republicans lost significant races for statewide executive offices and control of several state legislatures. As The Federalist previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/10\/21\/republicans-cant-afford-to-forget-state-races-in-high-stakes-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">observed<\/a>, these state governments are critical in determining the overall governance of a state, including its election administration, education policy, and so much more. <\/p>\n<div id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4161701471\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 fdrlst__b89e9-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/11\/03\/us\/elections\/results-arizona.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arizona<\/a>, Democrats are slated to sweep the races for governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and several others. They\u2019re also on the cusp of <a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-politics-news\/election\/legislature-2026-lection-democrats-control\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">taking control<\/a> of the state House and Senate, which would give them trifecta control of the Grand Canyon State for the first time in 60 years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A similar outcome can be seen in other battleground states like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/11\/03\/us\/elections\/results-michigan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michigan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/11\/03\/us\/elections\/results-nevada.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nevada<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/11\/03\/us\/elections\/results-pennsylvania.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pennsylvania<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/11\/03\/us\/elections\/results-wisconsin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wisconsin<\/a>, where Democrats won the races for governor and assumed control of the state legislatures. Heading into Tuesday, Republicans controlled the Michigan House, the Nevada governor\u2019s seat, the Pennsylvania Senate, and both chambers of the Wisconsin General Assembly. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/11\/03\/us\/elections\/results-new-hampshire.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Hampshire<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/11\/03\/us\/elections\/results-north-carolina.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">North Carolina<\/a> followed similar trends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte won reelection in New Hampshire, Democrats are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmur.com\/article\/democrats-majorities-new-hampshire-house-senate\/74328722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">projected<\/a> to break the GOP\u2019s trifecta by taking control of the state House and Senate. In North Carolina, Democrats flipped the state House, while Republicans appear to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theassemblync.com\/news\/politics\/elections\/democrats-likely-flip-state-house-republicans-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">salvaged<\/a> a small majority in the state Senate. (North Carolina\u2019s governor\u2019s seat, which is occupied by Democrat Josh Stein, was not up for election this year).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>[RELATED:[RELATED:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/11\/04\/heres-the-good-and-bad-of-2026-midterm-ballot-initiatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here\u2019s The Good And Bad Of 2026 Midterm Ballot Initiatives<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bleeding even continued into so-called \u201cred states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/11\/03\/us\/elections\/results-georgia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Georgia<\/a>, Democrats swept in the races for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, and other statewide offices. While Republicans are projected to retain control of the state Senate, control of the state House <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiarecorder.com\/2026\/11\/04\/democrats-flip-statewide-offices-up-and-down-the-ballot-in-georgia-state-house-is-in-play\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">looks less certain<\/a> as of publication. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/11\/03\/us\/elections\/results-iowa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Iowa<\/a>, Democrat Rob Sand defeated Republican Zach Lahn to win the governor\u2019s race, with Democrat Nate Willems also positioned to topple Republican Attorney General Brenna Bird. Republicans are <a href=\"https:\/\/iowacapitaldispatch.com\/2026\/11\/03\/democrat-rob-sand-wins-election-to-become-iowa-governor-ap-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expected<\/a> to retain control of the state legislature, however. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/11\/03\/us\/elections\/results-kansas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kansas<\/a>, Democrat Cindy Holscher is currently leading Republican Ty Masterson by less than 1 point in the governor\u2019s race, and Democrat Chris Mann leads Republican Kris Kobach in the attorney general race by 1 point, each with more than 95 percent of ballots tabulated as of publication. Much like Iowa, Republicans are projected to hold their majorities in the legislature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A similar situation came to fruition in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/11\/03\/us\/elections\/results-ohio.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ohio<\/a>, where Democrat Amy Acton defeated Republican Vivek Ramaswamy in the governor\u2019s race. Meanwhile, Democrat John Kulewicz is leading Republican Keith Faber by less than 1 point in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obamas-appearance-with-harris-has-been-years-in-the-making-heres-why-it-could-be-a-problem-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Obama...s appearance with Harris has been years in the making \u2014 here...s why it could be a problem - Washington Examiner\">attorney general contest<\/a>, with more than 95 percent of votes tabulated as of publication. Republicans are expected to retain control of the state legislature. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arguably the most devastating losses occurred in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/11\/03\/us\/elections\/results-texas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Texas<\/a>, where Democrats won the races for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and other statewide offices. They also swept the four races for the Texas Supreme Court, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/11\/04\/texas-supreme-court-criminal-appeals-results-elections-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">taking<\/a> the body\u2019s conservative majority from 9-0 to 5-4. Control of the Texas Legislature will be split, with Democrats controlling the House and Republicans controlling the Senate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. His work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics and RealClearHealth. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Shawn Fleetwood<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShawnFleetwood\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\">@ShawnFleetwood<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/shawnfleetwood\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags no-print bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/2026-midterms\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">2026 midterms<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/attorneys-general\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">attorneys general<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/battleground-states\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">battleground states<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Democrats<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/elections\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Elections<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/governors\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">governors<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Republicans<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/state-elections\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">state elections<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/state-governments\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">state governments<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/state-legislatures\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">state legislatures<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/trifecta\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">trifecta<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Tuesday\u2019s midterms, attention shifted from Republicans\u2019 losses at the federal level to a broader trend: Republicans faced significant defeats in many state races as well. Across so-called \u201cpurple\u201d and \u201cred\u201d states, Republicans lost key statewide executive contests and several state legislatures, underscoring how state governments shape governance, election administration, and education policy.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona appears poised for Democrats to sweep the governor\u2019s race, the secretary of state, the attorney general, and other statewide offices, with control of both the state House and Senate possibly slipping to Democrats for the first time in about six decades.<\/p>\n<p>Similar patterns emerged in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, where Democrats won gubernatorial races and gained control of the state legislatures. Before the election, Republicans held the Michigan House, the Nevada governor\u2019s seat, the Pennsylvania Senate, and both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature; New Hampshire and North Carolina showed parallel trends.<\/p>\n<p>New Hampshire saw Democratic gains projected in the legislature even as Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte was reelected, while in North Carolina Democrats flipped the House, though Republicans appeared to maintain a slim Senate edge (the governor, a Democrat, Josh Stein, wasn\u2019t on the ballot this year).<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cbleeding\u201d extended into traditionally red states as well. In Georgia, Democrats swept the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, and other statewide offices, though Republicans were still expected to hold the Senate, with the House result less certain. In Iowa, Democrat Rob Sand won the governor\u2019s race and Democrat Nate Willems looked set to defeat Republican Brenna Bird for attorney general, with Republicans anticipated to retain the legislature.<\/p>\n<p>In Kansas, Democratic candidates led in the governor and attorney general races by small margins with most ballots counted, while Republicans were projected to keep majorities in the legislature. Ohio saw Democrat Amy Acton defeat Republican Vivek Ramaswamy for governor, and Democrat John Kulewicz was narrowly ahead of Republican Keith Faber in the attorney general race, with the legislature expected to stay in Republican hands.<\/p>\n<p>Most striking was Texas, where Democrats won the governor\u2019s race, the lieutenant governor\u2019s race, the attorney general race, the secretary of state race, and swept all four seats on the Texas Supreme Court, shifting the court\u2019s conservative majority from 9-0 to 5-4. The Texas Legislature ended up split, with Democrats controlling the House and Republicans retaining the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood, a staff writer for The Federalist, covered these developments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2698211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Texas-1024x682.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[3685,6571,87481,3756,41726],"class_list":["post-2698210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-democrats","tag-elections","tag-partisan-shift","tag-republicans","tag-state-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Texas-1024x682.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2698210"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2698221,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698210\/revisions\/2698221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2698211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2698210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2698210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2698210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}