Though the federal government will remain divided – with Democrats controlling the White House and Senate, and Republicans in charge in the House – most state governments will be controlled by one party next year. Twenty-five states (including Kansas) will have Republican governors and Republicans in control of both houses of their legislatures, while 15 states will have Democratic governors and Democrats in control of their legislatures. One consequence of one-party control is that it can spotlight conflicts within a party, columnist Michael Barone noted, citing Kansas as an example. “The key event in Kansas politics this year was the defeat of moderate state senators by Republicans in the August primary,” he wrote. “The November election was irrelevant.”
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