Get
more seats in the legislature, get more governors elected, get more judges on the bench — the path to electoral power in a democracy is pretty straightforward.
Republicans had hoped to gain one
more seat in the legislature but incumbent Democrat Tom Loughran was able to hold off a strong challenge in the 5th District.
Not exact matches
But even so, PAN («National Action Party») gets at most 14 percent of regional votes, and its token
seats in the
legislature serve
more to prove the ruling party operates a democracy.
After
more people arrived at Naper Settlement, Naper helped to plat the town and then joined the state
legislature in 1836 to guide the formation of DuPage County
in 1839 with Naperville at that time as its county
seat.
But it's clear that Gregorius, as Democratic majority leader, is not enamored with a county
legislature that has
more members of his own party
seated (13 - 10), yet is controlled by Republicans
in league with a small Democratic breakaway faction that, together elected Democrat John Parete as its chair.
Like all winner - take - all voting methods, IRV tends to exaggerate the number of
seats won by the largest parties; small parties without majority support
in any given constituency are unlikely to earn
seats in a
legislature, although their supporters will be
more likely to be part of the final choice between the two strongest candidates.
The 23 members of the county
legislature are also on the ballot, with no
more than three
seats actually
in play.
More than 6,000
seats in the state
legislatures are up for grabs Nov. 5.
Four state
legislatures races out of Utah County are going uncontested for Republicans, but many districts
in the valley have two or
more candidates fighting for
seats on Capitol Hill.
Both he and his spouse Cara are seeking to represent LD 16 to bring
more attention to those issues
in the
legislature, with Cara running for one of the open
seats in the House of Representatives.