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50-State Strategy: The State Houses

Posted by on October 31, 2006 at 12:50 PM

The New York Times discusses the 50-state strategy in an article today about state legislatures and their potential to go Democrat in next week's election.

More than 6,000 state legislative seats in 46 states are on the Nov. 7 ballot, and like the seismic state elections in 1994 and 1974 the cumulative impact of the outcomes could be immense, with Democrats possibly gaining control of a majority of state capitols for the first time in a decade.
And our press team connects the dots on why this is important:
These gains are important because they will affect the redrawing of Congressional maps, increase the number of women in leadership positions, and influence the outcomes on important state legislative issues such as the minimum wage and stem cell research. These elections have been bolstered by the DNC's 50 state strategy, which is building the infrastructure and grass roots capacity we need to elect Democrats up and down the ballot across the country.
Good news indeed. Contact your state party for more information about races in your area.

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