Lexology January 24, 2025
How Will States Respond to Policy Actions Taken by the New Administration?
All 50 state legislatures convene in 2025, including biennial legislatures. Notably, while last November’s general election saw Republicans outperform Democrats in the presidential race and other critical national contests, those results did not impact down-ballot elections—particularly those in state legislatures—as significantly as past cycles would have suggested.
In fact, while a few chambers across the country experienced a switch in party control, in aggregate both the GOP and Democrats largely maintained the status quo on key metrics such as seat percentage and overall balance of state control.
Republicans’ victories at the national level, as evidenced by President Donald Trump’s inaugural address and initial executive orders, will undoubtedly create...
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