Will the AZ House or Senate have a Democratic majority by 2010?

[siliconefreak]

Poll question: Will the AZ House or Senate have a Democratic majority by 2010?

[Crunchy Frog]

1. It happened in Colorado, with both houses last election.

First time in more than 40 years. Never give up hope. It can happen.

[NoodleBoy]

2. the situations in AZ and CO are nowhere near comparable.

just reaching into my own notes, we gained one seat in the state House and lost one in the state Senate, shifting the balance of power to 22D's to 38R's in the House and 12D's in the Senate and 18R's in the house, with the number of radically conservative Republicans in the House large enough to shut out moderate Republicans and all Democratic representatives from much of the work.

the situation in Colorado, though, is currently 33D's to 32R's in their House and 18D's to 17R's in the State Senate, a change of 5 more Democratic seats in the House and one more Democratic seat in the Senate. However, this shouldn't be thought of as a massive earthshattering change-- in both cases, we have a majority of a SINGLE VOTE, and the partisan makeup has been made so much slimmer in the House and has been so slim in the Senate that one death, resignation, party switch or election could see us losing the gains we've made. On top of THAT, it's only one "Ah'ma Demycrat cuz mah Kunsuhvatev Suhthuhn segrahgashunist Granpappy wuz wun" Representative or Senator to give the Republicans a virtual majority in up or down votes to defeat the proposals made in either chamber by our non-ideological partisan Democratic majority.
Colorado, House D33, R32, D+5; Senate D18, R17, D+1

What the Democratic party in Arizona needs to do is stop moaning about how AZ is the home of Barry Goldwater or how it will always be locked by conservatism and start acting like it could actually care enough about the people of this state to lose an election or two besides the Governor's office. When we get firm party support-- and the grassroots activism that's been developing-- behind Democratic challengers to Kyl, the other three statewide offices, and, yes, even "invincible" McCain, THEN we'll ACTUALLY start the long, painful, and slow process of turning Arizona blue.

[Crunchy Frog]

3. Sounds like you've got a much bigger imbalance

than we did. I'm not very up on Arizona politics. Just hope your state can begin moving in the right direction like our state seems to have begun to do.

[Robeysays]

4. im hopeful too

when mericopa gose blue, so will the state.