By Morgan Felchner State legislatures across the country are facing a challenge that will impact their congressional districts and those around the nation: redistricting. In forty-four states, the legislatures are responsible for redrawing the congressional districts, and whoever has the majority in the state House or Senate at that time could influence which party has [...]
Party Control: Republican Republican: 232 Democrat: 202 Independent: 1 All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for re-election this year and Democrats need a net gain of 15 to take the majority. Although so many races are up for re-election only a handful are competitive, and open seats dominate the top of [...]
Party Control: Republican Republican: 55 Democrat: 44 Independent: 1 This year thirty-three U.S. senate seats are up for re-election. Of those, 15 are currently Republican-held seats, 17 Democratic and one independent (Vermont’s U.S. Sen. Jim Jeffords). There are four open seats, one is the seat currently held by retiring GOP U.S. Sen. Bill Frist, one [...]