It's no reflection on this 18 year old college freshman whose spunk is to be admired but when it's gotten to the point that a Republican can run a campaign out of her college dorm room it's time to stick a fork in the West Virginia Democratic State Party. This is not the same West Virginia that sent Democrat Robert Byrd to the Senate for a lifetime.
Bear in mind that Senators elect Cory Gardner, Joni Ernst, and Thom Tillis began their careers in state legislatures, the minor leagues of national politics. Nationally, Republican gains in state legislatures may total as many as 300 when the elections are certified.
Republicans took the majority in nine chambers–winning the Colorado Senate, the Maine Senate, the Minnesota House, the Nevada House and Senate, the New Hampshire House, the New Mexico House, the New York Senate and the West Virginia House. They will control a minimum of 64 of 99 state legislative bodies with the possibility of hitting 66.
Update: From Reuters "The number of states with Republicans in control of both legislative chambers came to 27 ahead of the election and has now edged closer to the high mark of 30 in 1920. By contrast, Democrats will control the lowest number of state legislatures since 1860."
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