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To best implement our Target Map strategy, the DLCC has divided states into one
of three categories:
Battlegrounds, Power Building, and Watch List Battlegrounds
To best implement our Target Map strategy, the DLCC has divided states into one of three categories: Battlegrounds, Power Building, and Watch List Battlegrounds. These are the chambers that Democrats must win and defend this cycle. They’re in our most competitive states where majorities are determined by the slimmest of margins, including multiple chambers where the party in power will be decided by a single seat.
Our 2025-2026 Battleground States are:
⭐️Alaska — DLCC will work to support Democrats in the Alaska House and Senate.
⭐️Minnesota – Democrats hold a slim majority in the Minnesota Senate and only need to flip one seat to break the current tie in the Minnesota House.
⭐️Michigan – Democrats hold a one-seat majority in the Michigan Senate and are four seats away from breaking the Republican majority in the House.
⭐️Pennsylvania – The DLCC has played a key role in protecting Democrats’ one-seat majority in the Pennsylvania House, including through 8 majority-making special elections last cycle.
⭐️Virginia – Democrats flipped the Virginia House blue in 2023, and the DLCC is determined to hold control of the chamber in 2025.
⭐️Wisconsin – After picking up 14 Wisconsin legislative seats in the 2024 election, Democrats are ready to make a play for the majority in both chambers.
Power Building
Majorities are rarely won in a single cycle. These states represent our best opportunities to gain seats in tough chambers and check MAGA extremism, including by defending the veto power of Democratic governors.
Our 2025-2026 Power Building States are:
⭐️Arizona – The DLCC will be targeting key districts in the Arizona House and Senate to put majorities in play before the end of the decade.
⭐️Georgia – Over the past five cycles, Democrats have steadily chipped away at the GOP’s hold on the Georgia House, putting us in our strongest position in two decades.
⭐️North Carolina – Democrats are currently protecting Democratic Gov. Stein’s veto power by a single seat, and our work to defend our ground will continue this cycle.
⭐️New Hampshire – Democrats will have many opportunities to flip seats and gain ground in the nation’s largest legislative chamber. This is our best opportunity to break the GOP trifecta before the end of the decade.
Watch List
The DLCC never takes our majorities for granted. As the only committee responsible for every chamber at this ballot level, we do the necessary work to ensure hard-won Democratic power does not slip away.
Our 2025-2026 Watch List includes:
⭐️Maine – The DLCC helped defend Maine’s Democratic trifecta in 2024 by narrow margins, and we’re not taking a single seat for granted this cycle.
DLCC Priority
State Supreme Court Races
State supreme court races often have serious implications for the DLCC’s work because they rule on challenges to state legislative maps, claims of gerrymandering, and a host of policies that state legislatures decide, from abortion bans to workers’ rights. That’s why we’ve added the 2025 state supreme court races in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to our target map.
There are no off-years for the DLCC. Cycle-over-cycle, we’ve invested in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to build Democratic power and worked to highlight the stakes of past state supreme court races there. As the Trump administration dismantles Washington, these races in April and November provide voters in two key battleground swing states an opportunity to reject GOP power and strengthen the progressive firewall.
Liberal Victory in Wisconsin
All eyes were on Wisconsin on April 1st as voters weighed in on the first real statewide test of the Trump 2.0 era. Judge Crawford’s victory in this race has major implications for Democrats’ ability to compete on fair district maps.
Texas
At Trump’s request, the Republican-controlled legislature in Texas drew up plans to aggressively gerrymander the state’s congressional maps to give the GOP an advantage in the 2026 midterm elections. The proposed map could add five new Republican congressional seats – and they’re looking at doing the same in other GOP-led states.
Democrats must get serious about winning state legislatures to win the redistricting fight – and the DLCC is leading our party’s strategy.
Trump and the Republican Party know Democrats have a real shot at retaking the House and restoring a fundamental check on their power, and redrawing their maps ahead of next year’s midterms strengthens their chances of maintaining full government control.
Republicans want to circumvent the normal redistricting process, and Texas Republican state legislators are complicit.
It’s never been more obvious just how vital winning power in state legislatures truly is. Trump is only able to do this because Republican legislators fall in line.
Our 2025-2026 Battleground States are:
⭐️Alaska — DLCC will work to support Democrats in the Alaska House and Senate.
⭐️Minnesota – Democrats hold a slim majority in the Minnesota Senate and only need to flip one seat to break the current tie in the Minnesota House.
⭐️Michigan – Democrats hold a one-seat majority in the Michigan Senate and are four seats away from breaking the Republican majority in the House.
⭐️Pennsylvania – The DLCC has played a key role in protecting Democrats’ one-seat majority in the Pennsylvania House, including through 8 majority-making special elections last cycle.
⭐️Virginia – Democrats flipped the Virginia House blue in 2023, and the DLCC is determined to hold control of the chamber in 2025.
⭐️Wisconsin – After picking up 14 Wisconsin legislative seats in the 2024 election, Democrats are ready to make a play for the majority in both chambers.
Power Building
Majorities are rarely won in a single cycle. These states represent our best opportunities to gain seats in tough chambers and check MAGA extremism, including by defending the veto power of Democratic governors.
Our 2025-2026 Power Building States are:
⭐️Arizona – The DLCC will be targeting key districts in the Arizona House and Senate to put majorities in play before the end of the decade.
⭐️Georgia – Over the past five cycles, Democrats have steadily chipped away at the GOP’s hold on the Georgia House, putting us in our strongest position in two decades.
⭐️North Carolina – Democrats are currently protecting Democratic Gov. Stein’s veto power by a single seat, and our work to defend our ground will continue this cycle.
⭐️New Hampshire – Democrats will have many opportunities to flip seats and gain ground in the nation’s largest legislative chamber. This is our best opportunity to break the GOP trifecta before the end of the decade.
Watch List
The DLCC never takes our majorities for granted. As the only committee responsible for every chamber at this ballot level, we do the necessary work to ensure hard-won Democratic power does not slip away.
Our 2025-2026 Watch List includes:
⭐️Maine – The DLCC helped defend Maine’s Democratic trifecta in 2024 by narrow margins, and we’re not taking a single seat for granted this cycle.
DLCC Priority
State Supreme Court Races
State supreme court races often have serious implications for the DLCC’s work because they rule on challenges to state legislative maps, claims of gerrymandering, and a host of policies that state legislatures decide, from abortion bans to workers’ rights. That’s why we’ve added the 2025 state supreme court races in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to our target map.
There are no off-years for the DLCC. Cycle-over-cycle, we’ve invested in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to build Democratic power and worked to highlight the stakes of past state supreme court races there. As the Trump administration dismantles Washington, these races in April and November provide voters in two key battleground swing states an opportunity to reject GOP power and strengthen the progressive firewall.
Liberal Victory in Wisconsin
All eyes were on Wisconsin on April 1st as voters weighed in on the first real statewide test of the Trump 2.0 era. Judge Crawford’s victory in this race has major implications for Democrats’ ability to compete on fair district maps.
Texas
At Trump’s request, the Republican-controlled legislature in Texas drew up plans to aggressively gerrymander the state’s congressional maps to give the GOP an advantage in the 2026 midterm elections. The proposed map could add five new Republican congressional seats – and they’re looking at doing the same in other GOP-led states.
Democrats must get serious about winning state legislatures to win the redistricting fight – and the DLCC is leading our party’s strategy.
Trump and the Republican Party know Democrats have a real shot at retaking the House and restoring a fundamental check on their power, and redrawing their maps ahead of next year’s midterms strengthens their chances of maintaining full government control.
Republicans want to circumvent the normal redistricting process, and Texas Republican state legislators are complicit.
It’s never been more obvious just how vital winning power in state legislatures truly is. Trump is only able to do this because Republican legislators fall in line.