Special Report: Governors, Statehouses and Ballot Measures — The Down-Ballot Map After Tuesday
Democrats picked up four governorships and five legislative chambers. Florida stayed red, and conservative election-integrity measures passed in six states. Here is the full picture beyond Congress.
By Clara Hughes
The fight for Congress drew the headlines. The fight for the states may matter just as much. Democrats gained four governorships on Tuesday, giving them a majority of the nation's governorships for the first time since 2010, according to Ballotpedia's tally as of 1:30 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday. With some races still uncalled, Democrats will hold at least 27 governorships to Republicans' 20. Yet the night was not one-way. Florida elected Republican Byron Donalds governor, NBC News projected. And voters in six states approved measures to tighten election rules: citizenship requirements to vote in four states and expanded voter ID in two, Ballotpedia reported. Keep reading with Altas Premium. Below: the four governor's mansions that flipped, the Florida firewall, the trifectas and legislative chambers that changed hands, the election-integrity and abortion measures, and the data-center backlash on local ballots. [Subscribe to Altas World News →] The four governorships