President Trump’s Midwest is the key gubernatorial battleground in 2018. The swath of states that secured the president’s electoral college victory in 2016 is now home to a series of statehouse contests that could alter the balance of power in a region of the country long crucial to presidential elections.
The stakes are sizable as the two parties intensify their efforts heading into fall campaigning. Democratic victories in the Midwest not only could give the party’s presidential nominee needed help in the 2020 election but also would provide Democrats with new leverage in the critical redistricting battles that will take place after the 2020 Census. CONT.
Dan Balz, Washington Post