Democrats See Policy Shift with Gains in State Legislatures (1)

Democrats gained enough strength in state legislatures to start plotting policy changes on abortion, the environment, voting, education, and more when their new members are sworn in next year.

Vicky Hausman and David Cohen, co-founders of the group Forward Majority, called the electoral reversal “nothing short of a political thunderclap.”

The Democrats they helped elect and allied lobbying groups started planning what they might accomplish once new majorities are installed in Michigan’s state House and Senate and the Minnesota state Senate.

The US Supreme Court’s overturning Roe v. Wade in June “reminded the nation that some of the most important, ...