I live in New York. Enough said. As if there weren't enough liberal Democrats in our state government, the Republicans figure that in order to win, they have to be liberal too! In our State Assembly, the Republicans have been losing seats almost every cycle since 1994 (we're now at 48 seats--out of 151). Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is the closest thing to a political monarch here, and frankly, I can't think of a damn thing he's done except tossing a monkey wrench in the budget every year. The Senate is Republican-controlled, but its conservatism is nothing if not questionable. Governor Pataki has moved left over the years, which has disappointed me greatly. I met him once and found him to be a very nice person, but as I said, I'm upset over his upcoming liberalism.
We lost 2 seats in the House, or, to make it sound better, we lost 2 certain electoral votes for the Democrats.
Yikes! Hopefully, those two seats moved to Texas like Oklahoma's did.
Ok should be famous for its corruption. Just after I moved here in '73, the sitting gov (David Hall) was sent to Jail. In the seventies, all but about five of OK's county commissioner were indicted (77 counties x 3 commissioners)for corruption; Gene Stipe (Prince of Darkness; the list goes on. Most recently, a state senator and former president pro tem sent letters to Texas plaintiffs lawyers extolling the largese of OK jurors (no tort reform, of course!) And it's all due to Democratic control since running boards were fashionable.