In other words, Trump had no coattails, but the result is that a Republican president is going to take office with Republican majorities in both houses of Congress for the first time since 1928. (educationnext.org)
Connecticut's legislative session this year was marked by the closest partisan divide in recent memory with an 18 - 18 split in the Senate and a slim 79 - 72 Democratic majority in the House of Representatives. (wshu.org)
WASHINGTON (AP)-- Republicans claimed a commanding majority in the House on Tuesday, pushing their dominance to near - historic levels as they dispatched some of the last white Democrats in the South and made inroads in Democratic strongholds nationwide. (apnews.com)