States by Political Party

22 States have 2 Republican Senators: Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming.

19 States have 2 Democrat Senators: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington,

8 States have Senators Split with 1 Democrat and 1 Republican: Alabama, Colorado, Maine, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia. Wisconsin,

2 States have Unresolved elections for Senate: Arizona, Florida,

Results below updated as of 10:06 a.m. EST on November 9, 2018:

Republicans expand their control of the U.S. Senate.

Democrats take control of the U.S. House. Democrats flip seven governorships, with Georgia still too close to call. Republicans flip one governorship in Alaska.

Trifectas see changes in at least 11 states, with one state undecided. Current results count up to 14 Democratic and 22 Republican trifectas. Democrats currently have a net gain of six trifectas, while Republicans have a net loss of four. Thirteen states are slated to have divided government, which is down from 16. The one remaining state is Georgia. These trifecta levels are similar to those following the 2014 midterms, when Republicans held 24 trifectas to 13 for Democrats.

o   If Brian Kemp (R) wins in Georgia, there will be 37 total trifectas, which would tie with 2013 and 2014 for the highest national trifecta count in recent history.

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The only state left with a divided legislature is Minnesota. The remaining 49 state legislatures are all controlled by one political party. Of those states, Democrats control 18 legislatures while Republicans control 31. After the 2010 midterms, there were eight states with divided legislatures. In 1994, there were 17 states with divided legislatures.

Based on current counts and media projections, Democrats will see a net gain of five legislative chambers. This would leave the new chamber count at 62 Republican and 37 Democratic. That count is most similar to before the 2014 midterms, when Democrats entered that election with 39 chambers and Republicans held 59. Following the 2014 midterms, Democrats held 30 chambers while Republicans had 68.

The 2010 election swung 12 state governorships from Democratic to Republican. In 11 of those states, the Republicans maintained control in 2014, while Pennsylvania switched back to Democratic control. In 2018, the remaining 11 states saw the following five states go back into the Democratic column: Kansas, Maine, Michigan, New Mexico, and Wisconsin. The remaining six states—Florida, Iowa, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Wyoming—all elected Republican governors for the third straight time.

At least two secretary of state offices flipped from Republican to Democrat: Colorado and Michigan.

The DLCC reports 367 state legislative seats flipped Democratic. Historically, a wave election at the state legislative level occurs when one party loses at least 494 seats.

Voters legalize marijuana in Michigan, among other statewide ballot results. In Michigan, voters passed Michigan Proposal 1 55.91% to 44.09%.

Voters in Mountain View, California, approved Measure P, a measure designed to enact a per-employee business license tax based on a company's number of employees. Businesses with over 50 employees must pay a tax of $75 to $150 per employee based on the company's size. Google, the largest employer in Mountain View, employs 23,324 people according to city data. The measure passed with 69 percent support.

Democrats had a net gain of five state government triplexes and Republicans had a net reduction of at least three triplexes. An additional Republican triplex could be lost pending the results of elections in Georgia. A triplex is defined as one political party holding the offices of governor, attorney general, and secretary of state. These 2018 results trim the GOP advantage to 19 triplex states versus 17 for Democrats. Going into the election, Republicans held a 22-12 advantage.

State government trifectas - The map below shows the status of state government trifectas as a result of the 2018 elections. The second map shows the status of state government trifectas before the 2018 elections. 

Across the country, federal elections on the ballot included regular elections for 33 U.S. Senate seats and 435 U.S. House of Representatives. There were also special elections for two U.S. Senate seats and four U.S. House seats.

Voters in 37 states decided 155 statewide ballot measures in November.

Across the country, state elections on the ballot included ballot measures, legislators, executives such as governors and attorneys general, and appellate court judges.

Local elections on the ballot included ballot measures, county commissioners, mayors, city councilmembers, school board members, trial court judges, and many other varieties of local elected official.

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Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader