Democrats Make a Fresh Push to Win State Legislatures
The Democratic Party is planning an unusually aggressive push to win seats in state legislatures next year, targeting more than 650 seats and aiming to make gains in 42 chambers, according to a strategy memo reviewed by The New York Times.
The effort represents new ambition for the arm of the party that focuses on state legislatures, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, which is often overshadowed by its congressional counterparts.
The group has set a hopeful fund-raising goal for 2026: $50 million, a total it has never hit before in one year. In 2024, the D.L.C.C. announced a two-year target of $60 million and raised about $50 million over that period, according to federal tax records.
The effort is the latest sign that Democrats are growing more optimistic about the political environment ahead of the midterm elections. President Trump’s lagging approval ratings and Democratic electoral victories this year, most recently on Tuesday in the Miami mayor’s race, point to those shifting winds.
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