State legislative control and redistricting
Heading into 2026, Republicans control 23 state governments and Democrats control 16, with state legislative elections across the country potentially shifting the balance of power. Delaware's state legislative races and how political control of states affects policy and redistricting are active concerns for voters and advocates.
How should Delaware approach state legislative elections and the redistricting process?
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Sources
Wikipedia / 2026 United States state legislative elections — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_state_legislative_elections
Entering 2026, Republicans fully control 23 state governments, Democrats control 16, with 11 states under split control. Republicans have controlled a sizeable majority of state legislative chambers across the country since the 2010 elections, giving them substantial clout over a number of policy issues, particularly redistricting.
Positions on this issue · liberal → conservative
- Establish an independent redistricting commission and publicly fund state elections to remove partisan influence.
- Reform redistricting to use nonpartisan criteria and increase transparency in the state legislative process.
- Keep the current redistricting process with moderate reforms to ensure competitive and representative districts.
- Allow the majority party to lead redistricting as has been the tradition, with judicial review as a check.
- Give the legislature full, unrestricted authority over redistricting with no independent commission oversight.