Democrats announce first slate of state legislative targets ahead of November

A Democratic group tasked with growing the party’s majorities in state legislatures across the country announced their first slate of target candidates on Monday. 

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) announced it would be backing candidates in races for both state legislative chambers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and North Carolina. The DLCC also announced candidates it will back in the Arizona Senate, Georgia House, Texas House and Iowa Senate. 

The Democratic group said it’s expecting to wade into elections for about 300 Republican-held state legislative seats, with the group planning to weigh in on at at least 500 races overall. 

The DLCC’s announcement follows a string of wins in local races since Trump took office last year. Democrats last month even flipped two red state legislature seats in Florida, with one of those seats including President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.

“We’ve been winning them in sort of every environment,” DLCC President Heather Williams told The Hill in an........

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