This Week in Statehouse Action: Victory Lapping edition

Democrats had a really great Tuesday and I would like to talk about it

It was a good night!

(...sorry, Mississippi. Voters in that state don’t just get the short end of the democracy stick – they live at it.)

But pretty much everywhere that wasn’t Mississippi (Democrats lost a House seat, no net change in the Senate), downballot Democrats had a really good night.

• In New Jersey, Republicans made bold claims about their prospects in this year’s legislative elections, spent aggressively, and even claimed they might flip one chamber (a narrative some media outlets bought into for reasons beyond my understanding).

  • Democrats ended up adding five seats to their Assembly majority and maintained their 25-15 majority in the Senate.

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• The results in New Hampshire’s special House election weren’t a surprise, but they were good news for Democrats: Democrat Paige Beauchemin swamped right-wing conspiracy theorist David Narkunas 61%-39%.

  • This win brings Granite State Democrats within one seat of tying the 400-member state House.

    • After Beauchemin is sworn in, the balance of…