Election Update
Federal Elections
By now everybody realizes what the results were of yesterday's election for the office of President.
In the House of Representatives, the Democrats had a net gain of 6 seats.
In the Senate, the Democrats had a net gain of 1 seat.
State Legislative Races
In state legislative races the Republicans bested expectations and have maintained a substantial number of legislative chambers in state capitols.
If you follow this link, you can see how your state legislature looks after last night’s election:
http://www.ncsl.org/portals/1/documents/elections/Legis_Control_2016_Post11_9_815am.pdf
Here is the list of chambers that changed hands.
Three chambers switched from Democratic to Republican control:
- Kentucky House
- Iowa Senate
- Minnesota Senate
- Four chambers switched from Republican to Democratic control:
- New Mexico House
- Nevada Assembly
- Nevada Senate
- Washington Senate (Republicans, however, will have functional control as one Democrat will caucus with the Republicans.)
- And one chamber will be tied:
There will be information here about the policy implications of the election on diabetes education and educators once those become evident.
If you should have any questions, please contact me at kanderson@aadenet.org