Democratic Election Wave Could Bring Tide of Net Neutrality Laws

Nov. 5, 2018, 9:01 AM UTC

Potential Democratic statehouse and gubernatorial wins in the midterm elections may lead more states to line up against the Federal Communications Commission in the net neutrality fight.

Democrats hope they’ll gain full control of the New York, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota state governments in the Nov. 6 balloting. Lawmakers in all four states told Bloomberg Law they would try to capitalize on those swings by advancing bills to bar internet service providers such as AT&T Inc. and Comcast Corp. from blocking or slowing data traffic flowing across their networks.

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