{"id":1003007,"date":"2018-11-29T14:14:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T18:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003007"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:12:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:12:49","slug":"democratic-gains-in-arizona-make-legislature-more-representative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/democratic-gains-in-arizona-make-legislature-more-representative\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Gains In Arizona Make Legislature More Representative"},"content":{"rendered":"

Democratic gains in Arizona\u2019s state legislature are starting to transform what was once a hotbed of misguided and extreme right-wing activism into one that better represents an increasingly diverse state.<\/p>\n

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Democratic gains will force Republicans to the negotiating table.<\/p>\n

Democrats won more seats in Arizona House than they have since 1966. Here’s how that changes the state<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cOn Jan. 14, the next group of state lawmakers will be sworn into office. It will be unlike any state Legislature in decades because members will be closely split along partisan lines\u2026 Republicans will have a 31-29 majority in the House. That’s the closest divide since Democrats last controlled the chamber in 1966, before a landmark court ruling redrew districts based on population. It means that Republicans can’t lose a single legislator’s vote to create laws on a party-line vote.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A diverse class of new Democratic lawmakers will make the legislature will more representative of Arizona.<\/p>\n

Sinema, Yee are firsts; but does Arizona\u2019s legislature look like the state?<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Next session will have the \u2018most diverse delegation of House and Senate Democrats\u2019 in terms of race and gender\u2019, said Charlie Fisher, executive director of the Arizona Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A younger legislature will be more representative of Arizona.<\/p>\n

How will a new crop of millennials shape what happens in the Arizona House?<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cBut this new, younger crop of legislators continues to inch down the median age in the House \u2013 by my calculation, it’s now 50.5 \u2013 and that could change things.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But challenges remain, including a Republican state House speaker who doesn\u2019t believe in equality.<\/p>\n

Arizona\u2019s new state House Speaker doesn\u2019t believe LGBTQ people are equal under the law<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cBowers is in his second stint in state government [\u2026] Over that time, one thing has been constant: he does not believe LGBTQ people deserve equal treatment under the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

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