The California Legislature, controlled by Democrats for decades, is likely to become even bluer when the new class is sworn in next month. And it could make for some counterintuitive outcomes, once the results are tallied, including a Legislature that skews more toward business on some fights.
The California Legislature, controlled by Democrats for decades, will be even bluer when the new class is sworn in next month. Exactly how many more Democrats have been elected is still not certain; it takes a long time to count votes in California.
But all signs point toward growing Democratic caucuses in both the Assembly and the Senate, and a supermajority that sidelines Republicans to near irrelevancy.
It could make for some counterintuitive outcomes, once the results are tallied, including a Legislature that skews more toward business on some fights. The biggest shift appears to be heading for the state Senate, which in recent years has been the more liberal of the two houses. It is poised to tick toward the center, with two business-backed Democrats winning Los Angeles-area seats previously held by labor-friendly Dems, and two rural Democrats apparently flipping Republican-held seats in the Central Valley.
Two other DemocratsβMelissa Hurtado of Sanger and Assemblywoman Anna Caballero of Salinasβpulled ahead of their Republican opponents Monday, in updated vote counts, apparently assuring the Senate of a Democratic supermajority.
