The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) rolled out its target map for the 2025 and 2026 campaign cycles on Tuesday.
As a part of what the DLCC called its “battleground chambers,” the state Democratic campaign arm will target Virginia’s House of Delegates, which is up for grabs in November. The group says its battleground chambers are legislative bodies it “must win and defend before the end of the decade.”
Additionally, as a part of its battleground chambers in 2026, the DLCC will prioritize the races for Minnesota, Michigan and Alaska’s statehouses, along with Wisconsin’s state Assembly and Senate. The group will also target Pennsylvania’s state House.
Democrats currently hold a one-seat majority in Virginia’s House of Delegates and Pennsylvania’s state House. In Minnesota, the state House is expected to be evenly divided after a special election next month while Democrats hold a one-seat majority in the state senate. In Michigan, Democrats enjoy a one-seat majority in the state senate while Republicans hold a three seat majority in the state Senate.
Republicans have a narrow two-seat majority in Wisconsin’s state senate and a five-seat majority in the state House.
The DLCC also said it was targeting what it calls “power-building chambers” to “ gain seats on the path to new majorities by 2030, or protect other benchmarks for power like the veto pens of Democratic governors.
Those chambers include Arizona and North Carolina’s state houses and senates, New Hampshire’s state house, and Georgia’s state house. The group also included Maine’s two legislative chambers as its “watch list chamber to ensure Democratic control through the end of the decade.”
The effort comes as Democrats up and down the ballot seek to form a response to President Trump and Republicans in control in Washington.
“In our nation’s state legislatures, there continue to be real opportunities to advance Democratic priorities and combat the dysfunction of the Trump administration. This is the only level of government where Democrats hold majorities and can proactively move policy forward that improves lives,” the group’s president Heather Williams said in a statement.
