![Outspent 4-to-1, Republicans still made gains in state legislative elections](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6000x3375+0+313/resize/1400/quality/100/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9e%2Fae%2F6e78773244dc945cc079a4797348%2Fap24025033062694.jpg)
Outspent 4-to-1, Republicans still made gains in state legislative elections
NPROutspent 4-to-1, Republicans still made gains in state legislative elections toggle caption Al Goldis/AP Up and down the ballot, Republicans had a good election. Sponsor Message Dee Duncan, president of the Republican State Legislative Committee, which funds GOP statehouse campaigns, said the results show that "Americans crave balance in their state capitals." "This is a major step for the state Republican coalition in its efforts to chip away at the control of legislative chambers in blue states and expand its majorities nationwide," Duncan wrote in a statement. "The DLCC and our campaigns successfully prevented a Republican wave from taking shape in our state legislatures," Heather Williams, the president of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, wrote in a statement.
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