Guide Flags State Legislature Races That Could Shape 2028 Redistricting as $10 Billion Floods Elections
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 15
Guide Flags State Legislature Races That Could Shape 2028 Redistricting as $10 Billion Floods Elections
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 15
Summary
$10 billion in election advertising has helped overshadow state legislative contests, even as a new guide highlights races that could determine who controls redistricting before 2028.
Nearly every state is electing legislators this year, and partisan control of those chambers can decide whether one party gains the power to redraw congressional maps in time for the next presidential-cycle election.
A sweep of both the legislature and governorship — a trifecta — would let the winning party push map changes and other major policies with few institutional obstacles.
The guide focuses on key states where legislative control is genuinely in play, framing those down-ballot races as a consequential front in the broader battle for political power.