Democrats now control majority of state legislatures. Here’s the 6 they flipped

Democrats are poised to take control of a majority of state legislatures for the first time in 16 years after the party secured sweeping wins in the midterm elections.

Twenty-four state legislatures will be under full Democratic control starting in January, with the party flipping 12 total individual chambers. Republicans will control both chambers in 22 states, down from 28 states prior to the election.

Two states — North Carolina and Texas — will both have divided legislatures, after Democrats flipped control of the lower chambers only.

Control of the Alaska and Georgia legislatures hangs in the balance pending final election results. The Peach State appears to be headed toward a split legislature, while Alaska is controlled by a bipartisan coalition.

Democrats are also expected to gain trifectas in 22 states. If this is attained, 53 percent of Americans could live in state with both a Democrat-controlled governor’s mansion and legislature, according to Axios .

Here are the six states expected to switch to fully Democrat-controlled legislatures in 2027:

Both chambers in Arizona’s legislature are expected to switch from Republican to Democratic control, breaking the hold the GOP’s had on the state capitol for more than 60 years.

Democrats will now have a 37-23 seat majority in the state’s lower chamber and a 20-10 advantage in the upper chamber, according to the Arizona Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (ADLCC).

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D), who won her reelection race last week, celebrated her party’s trifecta in a social media post Tuesday.

“When I co-founded the ADLCC in 2014, there were so few Democrats in the state Senate that we joked we could all share one pizza,” she wrote. “Now, Arizona will have a Democratic trifecta for the first time in 60 years. We’re going to need a lot more pizza.”

Michigan’s House flipped blue and Democrats maintained their majority in the state Senate chamber on Election Day, establishing full Democratic control.

With Gov.-elect Jocelyn Benson (D) at the helm, Democrats in the Wolverine State have secured a trifecta they lost when Republicans took the House majority in 2024.

“Once again, we’ve secured a Democratic trifecta here in Michigan that is ready to lower costs and get stuff done on day one,” outgoing Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) wrote in a social media post on Nov. 4.

Minnesota Democrats broke a tie in the state House in the midterms and kept their control of the state Senate chamber this election cycle.

The lower chamber has held its 67-67 balance since the 2024 election, with special elections giving each party brief advantages since. Republican state Rep. Lisa Demuth has served as the Minnesota House Speaker since 2025.

Minnesota state Rep. Zack Stephenson (D) will serve as the chamber’s next leader. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), who won Minnesota’s gubernatorial race last week, congratulated Stephenson on his appointment in a social media post .

“I can’t wait to work with you! Lots of challenges and good work ahead,” Klobuchar wrote.

Democrats in New Hampshire are expected to flip control of both chambers of the state legislature, while Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte held the Granite State’s governor’s mansion.

Heather Williams, president of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, characterized the party’s victories in the state House and Senate as equivalent to a “political earthquake” in a press release after Election Day.

“By flipping not just one, but both chambers, Democrats won full control of the legislature for the first time since 2018,” Williams said. “On a historic night for Democrats across the country, this victory has fundamentally shifted the balance of power in New Hampshire.”

Keystone State Democrats flipped the Senate from Republican control and maintained their majority in the lower legislative chamber on Election Day.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) celebrated the beginning of a “new chapter” with a Democratic trifecta in the commonwealth in a statement shared to social media Thursday.

The state’s Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa (D) expressed his party’s eagerness to take over the upper legislative chamber following the Democratic win.

“Senate Democrats are ready to get to work in the majority, moving bills that have languished in committee for far too long,” he wrote on social media last week. “The obstructionists are out, and a trifecta is in. Let’s go.”

Both of Wisconsin’s legislative chambers will switch from GOP to Democratic control in the coming weeks.

Democratic Gov.-elect David Crowley won the race to replace outgoing Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D), ensuring single-party control in the state for the first time since 2010.

Devin Remiker, chair of Wisconsin’s Democratic Party, said the party’s new trifecta was “more than a decade in the making” in a statement following the midterm election.