Sentences with phrase «retaining control of the legislature»

The county Democratic Party, which chairman Richard Schaffer said will focus on retaining control of the legislature this year, raised $ 526,000 and spent $ 434,000.

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This means that the Democratic Party is in a position of heightened vulnerability when it comes to retaining control of partisan dominance in state legislatures, compared to the degree of vulnerability of the GOP.

Thus, the ability of state lawmakers to put a constitutional amendment before voters depends on supporters of the constitutional amendment retaining control of both chambers of the legislature through an election cycle.