GOP maintains influence over most legislatures, state policy

“The force of (Trump’s) candidacy helped us secure our Republican Congressional, Senate, and Assembly seats in NY, as well as both houses of Congress”, state GOP Chair Ed Cox said, noting he was the first state chair to endorse Trump.

Republicans scored major victories by taking control of the Iowa and Minnesota Senates and the Kentucky House.

But in the 2018 campaigns, Republicans are sure to come after Democrats from states Trump won, using votes they take over these next two years that might displease conservative voters.

There was a surge in Republican support across the country during this election, not just in the presidential race, but in Senate and House races as well.

The GOP gained control of not only the White House, but the Senate and House of Representatives as well.

Earnest says the president is concerned about the prospect of protections being stripped from millions of Americans who benefit because health insurers are not allowed to discriminate based on pre-existing health conditions or impose a lifetime cap on expenses.

For starters, appointing a replacement conservative Supreme Court justice to the High Court will be a high priority. “The election is over and we’re going to work together to move New Mexico forward”. Ryan said Trump “earned a mandate” for his agenda and that it shouldn’t go to waste.

Democrats lost the 92nd state Assembly seat and barely held on to Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling’s 32nd District seat.

A ground swell of support for Trump and Republican incumbent U.S. Sen.

Ohio Democratic Party chairman David Pepper praised Trump for tapping into so many of his supporters’ emotions with his campaign slogan, “Make America great again”.

The jobs of party leaders in both Senate and House would be easier if Trump’s policies were well defined beyond positon statements.

While Trump has offered a bare-bones outline of his replacement plan for Obama’s signature national healthcare law known as Obamacare, advisers told Reuters he would draw heavily on the House version.

“I’m actually having surgery a week from today”, said Jill Ventimiglia, owner of Just Jill Beauty & Wellness, a small business.

“But Donald Trump heard a voice out in this country that no-one else heard”. But he is not immune to ire from the Freedom Caucus, which chased former Speaker John Boehner from Congress past year, and other Republicans upset over his frigid treatment of Trump. She called Gronstal a party leader who would “wield power for good”. Meanwhile, Trump openly criticized House Speaker Paul Ryan during his presidential campaign, clearly indicating he disliked the Wisconsin Republican who was the GOP’s vice presidential nominee in 2012, when Barack Obama won a second term by defeating Mitt Romney. “You can not be a party which on one hand says we’re in favour of working people, we’re in favour of the needs of young people, but we don’t quite have the courage to take on Wall Street and the billionaire class”, he said on Thursday.