January 17, 2018

Party control by state

Ballotpedia - Phil Murphy (D) was sworn into office as the Governor of New Jersey. He replaces Chris Christie (R), who was ineligible to run for re-election in 2017 due to term limits. Murphy's swearing-in gives Democrats trifecta control of the state, as they now hold the governor's mansion and both houses of the legislature.

The Democratic trifecta in New Jersey now brings the Democratic total to eight across the country. Democrats also picked up a trifecta in Washington as a result of the 2017 elections. Republicans currently have 26 trifectas, while 16 states remain under divided government.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

And how much do they differ in the benefits we proles get? Not much--if at all, I bet.