The 2026 midterms are a historic opportunity to fundamentally shift the state legislative balance of power by capturing new majorities, supermajorities, and trifectas, while flipping seats in every chamber on the ballot and breaking GOP supermajorities.
The DLCC’s 2026 Target Map pinpoints where Democrats must focus our attention and resources to strengthen our firewall in state legislatures and counter the MAGA extremism of Donald Trump and the Republican Congress in Washington, D.C.
This progress can only be realized through well-funded campaigns across the country that drive voter enthusiasm with clear, affirmative messaging and vision. Majorities in many states could come down to just a few districts and a few votes per precinct and the DLCC’s national strategy to bring attention and resources to this fight will make all the difference.
Over the last decade, the DLCC’s data-driven, evidence-based strategy has won back 10 legislative majorities – nearly half of all Americans now live in a state with at least one Democratic legislative chamber. While Donald Trump and MAGA extremists control Washington, D.C., state Democratic majorities are holding the line and moving policy forward to improve lives and lower costs for families while protecting freedoms and expanding opportunities.
The stakes of this cycle’s state legislative elections are high. This map puts Democrats in the best position to deliver strategic victories.
The DLCC’s national strategy to win back power across the country is already underway:
These are the state legislative chambers where majorities are on the line in 2026 that Democrats must win and defend. They’re in our most competitive states where majorities will be determined by the slimmest of margins, including multiple chambers where a single seat could decide the party in power.
Our 2026 Battleground States are:
⭐️Alaska — DLCC will work to support Democrats in the Alaska House and Senate.
⭐️Arizona – Democrats have an opportunity to flip seats in both the Arizona House and Senate to flip these chambers and put a new Democratic trifecta in play.
⭐️Michigan – Democrats hold a one-seat majority in the Michigan Senate and are four seats away from breaking the Republican majority in the House, which would win back a Democratic trifecta.
⭐️Minnesota – Democrats must defend our one-seat majority in the Minnesota Senate and only need one more seat in the state House to break a tie and retake control of the closest state legislature in the country.
⭐️New Hampshire – Democrats have a path to flip both chambers in the Granite State, our best opportunity to break the GOP trifecta.
⭐️Pennsylvania – The DLCC is ready to defend and expand our single-seat majority in the Pennsylvania House, after flipping the chamber in 2022 and defending it in 2024.
⭐️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 during the 2026 midterms.
Majorities are rarely won in a single cycle. These states represent our best opportunities to build Democratic power by picking up seats, breaking or preventing Republican supermajorities, and building Democratic supermajorities to counter right-wing extremism from all levels of the ballot.
The DLCC works with Democrats in all fifty states to support candidates in competitive districts. These states are where we have the best chance in 2026 to build power and pick up seats by voting out Republicans:
⭐️Georgia House and Senate
⭐️Maine House and Senate
⭐️Nebraska Legislature
⭐️Pennsylvania Senate
⭐️Texas House
A Republican supermajority in just one chamber of a state’s legislature can obstruct vital progress and override the governor’s veto power, often without accountability. These are the states where Republican supermajorities are either incredibly vulnerable or were recently broken and cannot be allowed to reassemble:
⭐️Florida House and Senate
⭐️Indiana House
⭐️Iowa House and Senate
⭐️Kansas House
⭐️Missouri House and Senate
⭐️North Carolina House and Senate
⭐️Ohio House
⭐️South Carolina House
A Democratic supermajority is the highest benchmark of legislative power. These states are where establishing Democratic supermajorities to protect the people from right-wing extremism and clear a path for historic progress is possible in 2026:
⭐️Colorado House and Senate
⭐️Delaware House
⭐️Nevada Assembly
⭐️New Mexico House
⭐️New York Senate
⭐️Oregon Senate
⭐️Vermont House and Senate
⭐️Washington House
