State legislatures 2016

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http://www.governing.com/topics/elections/gov-democrats-look-regain-ground-legislatures.html

To recap:

Likely R - Alaska Senate, Florida both chambers, Iowa house, Kansas both chambers, Missouri both chambers, Ohio both chambers, Pennsylvania both chambers, West Virginia house

Lean R - Arizona both chambers, Michigan house, Minnesota house, New Hampshire house, North Carolina both chambers, Washington senate, West Virginia senate, Wisconsin both chambers

Toss-up - Colorado Senate, Connecticut Senate, Maine senate, Nevada both chambers, New Hampshire Senate, New Mexico house, New York senate

Lean D - Colorado House, Connecticut House, Iowa senate, Kentucky House, Maine house, Minnesota senate, New Mxico Senate, Washington house

Likely D - Illiniois both chambers, Oregon house

Too friendly for Democrats?

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^ I would prefer Litzow (quite reasonable and moderate) to survive instead of usual far-right types from "reliable Republican districts"....

I think we all would, but that's just now it works.

If Democrats could build a majority by taking out pols like Pam Roach, Don Benton, Doug Ericksen, ect. I would love it. But the Steve Litzow's and Andy Hill's are the ones that are vunerable.

I know that. It's a "moderate's curse" - they, usually, represent districts which are susceptible to waves and, generally, swingy (sometimes - even lean to opposite party). While "party faithful" (and it doesn't matter - far right or far left) usually come from very reliable districts, and thus - survive even "apocalypses".... Sad (from MY point of view)