The Associated Press has identified 14 states where a swing of just three or fewer seats could determine whether a party holds a supermajority.
Vanessa Vaughn West, a Democratic candidate for the Kansas House, begins going door-to-door in the neighborhood around her home, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Shawnee, Kansas.
A similar battle is playing out in North Carolina, where the flip of a single seat in either the House or Senate could cost Republicans a veto-proof majority that has repeatedly imposed its will over the objections of a Democratic governor. In Nevada, meanwhile, it’s Democrats who stand to gain a veto-proof majority over a Republican governor, if they can pick up just one more state Senate seat without losing one in the Assembly.
“Having a party in power is really important — the most import thing,” said Wesley Hussey, a political science professor at California State University, Sacramento. But “having a supermajority can give you additional tools to enact policy.”In Kansas, Stiens was appointed to fill a House vacancy this spring in time to help override Kelly’s veto of a bill requiring abortion providers to ask patients why they want to end their pregnancies and submit that data to the state health department.
Kansas state Rep. Jesse Borjon, R-Topeka, puts a campaign sign in the yard of a supporter, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Topeka, Kansas. Campaigning door-to-door recently in a neighborhood of late-1980s homes with three-car garages, Borjon emphasized his support for public schools and tax cuts enacted this year.
“Republicans have been easily overriding his vetoes and basically putting their stamp on the state in terms of public policies,” said Michael Bitzer, a political science professor at Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina.
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