Newsmax continues to follow the bigger pictures with story on political races at the state legislative level. Among other issues, there could be significant impact on voting laws and integrity measures. Link.  

Republicans are close to gaining more state legislative majorities this year, which will likely affect social issues and energy laws, The Wall Street Journal reported.

“Most of the key issues are taking place at the state level, and you’ll continue to see a clear course of action on the Republican side,” Bill McCollum, chairman of the Republican State Leadership Committee and a former Florida congressman and attorney general, told the Journal.

The GOP only needs to gain a handful of seats to take control of five state senates, the Journal reported, and four more state legislative chambers are also being targeted. Republicans already control legislatures in 26 states and hold the governor’s office in 29 states as this year’s elections near.

“Republicans are at something of a high-water mark,” said Tim Storey, of the nonpartisan National Conference of State Legislatures, according to the Journal. “However, there are still a number of states where Republicans could flip chambers and come out even stronger than they came in.”