The Dem takeover of state government, fueled by anti-Trump fervor, is now allowing for the first big reversal of what the Tea Party wave wrought:
* Voting rights
* gun reforms
* ACA expansion
New piece:
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Now the gains from those trends are reversing the gains of the 2010 Tea Party ascendancy.
Dems hope this is a model for more state-level gains to come:
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But in VA, we're seeing right now that those gains are undoing the damage of years of right wing rule.
(cc @EricLevitz @yeselson)
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