Illinois Republicans Spent Big Last Election in Hopes of Winning the General Assembly
ICPR Executive Director Sarah Brune was quoted in this article
via Medill News Service
“Since the 2010 midterm elections the Republican Party has made long term investments in flipping as many state legislatures as possible. And over the last three campaigns, their gamble has paid off.
In the past six years, the Republicans have managed to take nearly 1,000 state legislature seats from the Democrats across the country.
The Republicans once controlled 14 state chambers in 2010, but after the 2014 election cycle the number rose to 30. Much of the switch can be credited to a stronger fundraising apparatus on the Republican side, and in turn they have much more in their coffers to finance campaigns.”
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