Democrats break GOP supermajority in Florida House, Senate on thin ice
The gist
Florida Democrats flipped the seven House seats needed to end the GOP supermajority there.
The result shows how supermajority margins are decided seat by seat across the states.
How it unfolded
- Oct 28, 2026Republicans control 56 state legislative chambers to Democrats' 39, with 15 chambers vulnerable to takeover, nine of them GOP-held.
- Oct 29, 2026Governing reports 15 of 99 state legislative chambers are considered competitive this year, per the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
- Oct 30, 2026Colorado legislative contests draw more than $21 million in outside spending, mostly from conservative groups; Democrats are one seat shy in each chamber of the 2-to-1 supermajority margin.