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# Senate[edit]

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## Maine State Senate Election Results[edit]

This page contains macro-level election results and analysis for the Maine State Senate. For results in individual contests see our Maine State Senate elections, 2010 page. The following is a breakdown of the state senate before and after the election:

Maine State Senate

Party  | As of November 1, 2010  | After the 2010 Election
| Democratic Party | 20 | 14
| Republican Party | 15  | 20
| Independent  | 0  | 1
Total |  35 |  35

### What You'll See on This Page[edit]

This page displays the following lists of candidates

* Incumbents who ran on November 2
* Incumbents who were defeated
* Challengers who defeated an incumbent
* Newly elected senators
* List of all winners
* Unopposed candidates
* Third party candidates

### State Senate Overview:[edit]

* There were 25 incumbents who ran in the November 2 general election. Only 4 incumbents lost, and thus 21 incumbents were re-elected to the Maine State Senate.

* 1 Republican incumbents lost in the general election, while 3 Democratic incumbents lost.

* There will be 14 new senators sworn-in. Of those 13, 2 are Democrats, 11 are Republicans, and 1 is an independent.

* Of the 35 seats up for election, 14 were won by Democrats, 20 by Republicans, and 1 by an independent.

* 2 candidates were unopposed, 1 Democrat and 1 Republicans.

* Only 5 candidates ran as an independent or third party candidate in the general election.

## Incumbency Analysis[edit]

Of the  1,167 state senate seats up for election in 2010, incumbents ran for 894 (76.6%) of them. Of these 894, 94 lost their re-election bids, 89 Democrats and 5 Republicans. In Maine, 10 incumbent senators did not run for re-election on the November 2 ballot, while 25 incumbents (71.4%) ran for re-election. Of these 25 incumbents, 4 were defeated. Of those 4, 3 were Democrats and 1 was a Republican.

### Incumbents who ran on November 2[edit]

The following is a list of all of the incumbents who ran on the November 2 general election ballot:

1. Barry Hobbins
2. Bill Diamond
3. Christopher Rector (Maine)
4. David Hastings
5. David Trahan
6. Deborah Simpson
7. Debra Plowman
8. Earle McCormick
9. Elizabeth Schneider
10. Gerald Davis
11. John Nutting
12. Jonathan Courtney
13. Joseph Brannigan
14. Joseph Perry (Maine)
15. Justin Alfond
16. Kevin Raye
17. Lawrence Bliss
18. Margaret Craven
19. Nancy Sullivan
20. Philip Bartlett
21. Richard Rosen
22. Roger Sherman
23. Seth Goodall
24. Stan Gerzofsky
25. Troy Dale Jackson

### Incumbents defeated[edit]

The following is a list of incumbents defeated on November 2:

Candidate| Party| District

|
|

Deborah Simpson| |
Gerald Davis| |
John Nutting| |
Joseph Perry (Maine)| |

### Challengers who beat an incumbent[edit]

The following is a list of challengers who defeated an incumbent on November 2:

Candidate| Party| District

|
|

Lois Snowe Mello| |
Nichi Farnham| |
Richard Woodbury| |

## New State Senators and General Election Winners[edit]

388 new senators were elected across the country. This includes challengers who defeated incumbents as well as candidates who won open seats. Of these 388, 278 were Republicans and 110 were Democrats. In Maine, 14 new senators will be sworn-in. Of those 14, 2 are Democrats, 11 are Republicans, and 1 is an Independent. In the 10 open seat contests, Republicans won 8 and Democrats 2. In total, Maine elected 35 senators, 20 Republicans, 14 Democrats, and 1 independent.

### Newly elected senators[edit]

The following are the newly-elected members of the Maine State Senate:

#### Democratic[edit]

1. Dawn Hill (Maine)
2. John Patrick (Maine)

#### Republican[edit]

1. Brian Langley
2. Douglas Thomas
3. Rodney Whittemore
4. Lois Snowe Mello
5. Michael Thibodeau
6. Nichi Farnham
7. Roger Katz
8. Ronald Collins
9. Thomas Saviello
10. Thomas Martin Jr.

#### Other[edit]

### Open Seat Winners[edit]

The following is a list of candidates who won election in seats where no incumbent was running:

#### Democratic[edit]

1. Dawn Hill (Maine)
2. John Patrick (Maine)

#### Republican[edit]

1. Ronald Collins
2. Thomas Saviello
3. Michael Thibodeau
4. Roger Katz
5. Rodney Whittemore
6. Douglas Thomas
7. Brian Langley
8. Thomas Martin Jr.

### Candidates who won election[edit]

The following is a list of all candidates elected to the Maine State Senate:

#### Democratic[edit]

1. Barry Hobbins
2. Bill Diamond
3. Dawn Hill (Maine)
4. Elizabeth Schneider
5. John Patrick (Maine)
6. Joseph Brannigan
7. Justin Alfond
8. Lawrence Bliss
9. Margaret Craven
10. Nancy Sullivan
11. Philip Bartlett
12. Seth Goodall
13. Stan Gerzofsky
14. Troy Dale Jackson

#### Republican[edit]

1. Brian Langley
2. Christopher Rector (Maine)
3. David Hastings
4. David Trahan
5. Debra Plowman
6. Douglas Thomas
7. Earle McCormick
8. Rodney Whittemore
9. Jonathan Courtney
10. Kevin Raye
11. Lois Snowe Mello
12. Michael Thibodeau
13. Nichi Farnham
14. Richard Rosen
15. Roger Katz
16. Roger Sherman
17. Ronald Collins
18. Thomas Saviello
19. Thomas Martin Jr.

#### Other[edit]

## Competitiveness[edit]

Across the nation, 1,167 state senate seats were up for election in 2010. 1,143 of those seats were partisan seats (24 seats were up for election in Nebraska's nonpartisan unicameral legislature). In 320 (28.0%) of these state senate contests, there was a major party candidate with no major party opposition. In Maine, 1 candidates (2.86% of seats) faced no major party opposition.

### Unopposed candidates in general election[edit]

The following candidates did not face major party competition:

#### Republican[edit]

1. Christopher Rector (Maine)

## Ballot Access[edit]

Across the nation, 140 independent or third party candidates ran for state senate. In Maine, 5 (7.0%) of the 71 senate candidates ran as an independent or third party candidate. One of those candidates, Richard Woodbury, won election in the November 2 general election.

### Third party candidates[edit]

The following is a list of third party and independent candidates who ran in 2010:

# House[edit]

2010 Legislative Election Results

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## Maine State House Election Results[edit]

This page contains macro-level election results and analysis for the Maine House of Representatives. For results in individual contests, see our Maine House of Representatives elections, 2010. The following is a breakdown of the state house before and after the election:

Maine House of Representatives

Party  | As of November 1, 2010  | After the 2010 Election
| Democratic Party | 94 | 72
| Republican Party | 55  | 78
| Independent  | 1  | 1
| Non-voting  | 2  | 2
| Vacancy  | 1  | \-
Total |  153 |  153

### What You'll See on This Page[edit]

This page displays the following lists of candidates

* Incumbents who ran on November 2
* Incumbents who were defeated
* Challengers who defeated an incumbent
* Newly elected senators
* List of all winners
* Unopposed candidates
* Third party candidates

### State House Overview:[edit]

* There were 113 incumbents who ran in the November 2 general election. Only 17 incumbents lost, and thus 96 incumbents were re-elected to the Maine House of Representatives.

* No Republican incumbents lost in the general election, while 17 incumbent Democratic incumbent lost.

* There will be 53 new representatives sworn-in. Of those 53, 14 are Democrats and 39 are Republicans

* Of the 151 seats up for election, 52 were won by Democrats, 67 by Republicans, and 1 by an Independent.

* 44 candidates were unopposed, 13 Democrats and 31 Republicans.

* Only 5 candidates ran as an independent or third party candidate in the general election.

## Incumbency Analysis[edit]

Of the 4,958 state house seats up for election, incumbents ran in the general election for 4,091 (79.5%) of them. Of these 4,091 incumbents, 413 lost their re-election bids, 403 Democrats and 10 Republicans. In Maine, 114 (75.50%) incumbents ran for re-election. Of these 114, 16 incumbent representatives were defeated. All 16 incumbents were Democrats.

### Incumbents who ran on November 2[edit]

The following is a list of all of the incumbents who ran on the November 2 general election ballot:

1. Charles Theriault
2. Bernard Ayotte
3. Peter Edgecomb
4. Tyler Clark
5. Richard Cleary
6. Herbert Clark
7. Everett McLeod, Sr.
8. Jeffery Gifford
9. Robert Duchesne
10. Adam Goode
11. Steven Butterfield II (Maine)
12. Sara Stevens
13. James Martin (Maine)
14. Emily Ann Cain
15. Benjamin Pratt
16. Michael Celli
17. Peter Johnson
18. Dean Cray
19. Stacey Fitts
20. Howard McFadden
21. Dianne Tilton
22. Robert Eaton (Maine)
23. Elspeth Flemings
24. Kimberley Rosen
25. Veronica Magnan
26. Andrew O'Brien
27. Joan Welsh
28. Edward Mazurek
29. Charles Kruger
30. Wesley Richardson
31. Jonathan McKane
32. Elizabeth Miller
33. Leslie Fossel
34. H. David Cotta
35. Anna Blodgett
36. Stephen Hanley
37. Kerri Prescott
38. W. Bruce MacDonald
39. Charles Priest
40. Peter Kent
41. Alexander Cornell du Houx
42. Seth Berry
43. Michael Beaulieu
44. Brian Bolduc
45. Bruce Bickford
46. Michel Lajoie
47. Michael Carey (Maine)
48. Richard Wagner
49. Margaret Rotundo
50. Stacy Dostie
51. Henry Beck
52. Robert Nutting
53. Sharon Treat
54. L. Gary Knight
55. Patrick Flood
56. Patricia Jones (Maine)
57. Jeff McCabe (Maine)
58. Philip Curtis
59. Paul Gilbert
60. Lance Harvell
61. Jarrod Crockett
62. Matthew Peterson
63. Sheryl Briggs
64. Teresea Hayes
65. Lawrence Sirois
66. Helen Rankin
67. Ralph Sarty, Jr.
68. James Hamper
69. Richard Cebra
70. Michael Shaw (Maine)
71. Dale Crafts
72. David Van Wie
73. David Webster
74. Melissa Innes
75. Meredith Strang Burgess
76. Mark Bryant
77. Gary Plummer (Maine)
78. Mary Nelson (Maine)
79. Peter Stuckey
80. Stephen Lovejoy
81. Anne Haskell
82. Jon Hinck
83. Diane Russell (Maine)
84. Cynthia Dill
85. Terry Morrison
86. Jane Eberle
87. Bryan Kaenrath
88. Ann Peoples
89. Timothy Driscoll
90. Sean Flaherty (Maine)
91. Jane Knapp
92. Linda Sanborn
93. Robert Hunt
94. George Hogan
95. Donald Pilon
96. Linda Valentino
97. Paulette Beaudoin
98. Alan Casavant
99. Joseph Wagner (Maine)
100. Gary Connor
101. Edward Legg
102. Andrea Boland
103. Joan Nass
104. Thomas Wright (Maine)
105. Mark Eves
106. Kathleen Chase
107. Windol Weaver
108. David C. Burns
109. John Tuttle (Maine)
110. David Richardson (Maine)
111. John L. Martin (Maine)
112. Paul T. Davis (Maine state senator)
113. Andre Cushing III

### Incumbents defeated[edit]

The following is a list of incumbents defeated on November 2:

Candidate| Party| District

|
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Richard Cleary| |
Steven Butterfield II (Maine)| |
James Martin (Maine)| |
Benjamin Pratt| |
Robert Eaton (Maine)| |
Veronica Magnan| |
Elizabeth Miller| |
Stacy Dostie| |
Patricia Jones (Maine)| |
Lawrence Sirois| |
David Van Wie| |
Sean Flaherty (Maine)| |
Joseph Wagner (Maine)| |
Gary Connor| |
Edward Legg| |
Thomas Wright (Maine)| |

### Challengers who beat an incumbent[edit]

The following is a list of challengers who defeated an incumbent on November 2:

Candidate| Party| District

|
|

Joyce Ann Fitzpatrick| |
Douglas Damon| |
James Parker (Maine)| |
David Johnson (Maine)| |
Richard Malaby| |
James Gillway| |
Deborah Sanderson| |
Stephen Wood| |
Dennis Keschl| |
Jeffrey Timberlake| |
Eleanor Espling| |
Amy Volk| |
Aaron Libby| |
Wayne Parry| |
Beth O'Connor| |
David R. Burns, Maine State Representative| |

## New Representatives and General Election Winners[edit]

1,345 new representatives were elected across the country. This includes challengers who defeated incumbents as well as candidates who won open seats. Of these 1,345, 988 were Republicans and 357 were Democrats. In Maine, 53 new representatives will be sworn-in. Of those 53, 14 are Democrats, 38 are Republicans, and 1 is independent. In the 35 open seat contests, Republicans won 21 and Democrats 14. In total, Maine elected 151 representatives, 78 Republicans, 72 Democrats, and 1 independent.

### Newly elected representatives[edit]

The following are the newly-elected members of the Maine House of Representatives:

#### Democratic[edit]

1. James Dill (Maine)
2. Walter Kumiega
3. Louis Luchini
4. Erin Herbig
5. Maeghan Maloney
6. Michael Clarke
7. Thomas Longstaff
8. Anne Graham
9. Mark Dion
10. Benjamin Chipman
11. Megan Rochelo
12. Roberta Beavers
13. Devin Beliveau

#### Republican[edit]

1. Stacey Guerin
2. Alexander Willette
3. Joyce Ann Fitzpatrick
4. Ricky Long
5. Douglas Damon
6. James Parker (Maine)
7. David Johnson (Maine)
8. Frederick Wintle
9. Kenneth Fredette
10. Joyce Maker
11. Richard Malaby
12. James Gillway
13. Peter Rioux
14. R. Ryan Harmon
15. Dana Dow
16. Deborah Sanderson
17. Susan Morissette
18. Karen Foster
19. Kimberly Olsen
20. Stephen Wood
21. Melvin Newendyke
22. Dennis Keschl
23. John Picchiotti
24. Larry Dunphy
25. Russell Black
26. Tom Winsor
27. Jeffrey Timberlake
28. Paul Waterhouse
29. Michael McClellan
30. Eleanor Espling
31. Amy Volk
32. Heather Sirocki
33. Aaron Libby
34. Wayne Parry
35. Beth O'Connor
36. Bradley Moulton
37. David R. Burns, Maine State Representative

#### Other[edit]

None

### Open Seat Winners[edit]

The following is a list of candidates who won election in seats where no incumbent was running:

#### Democratic[edit]

1. James Dill (Maine)
2. Walter Kumiega
3. Louis Luchini
4. Erin Herbig
5. Maeghan Maloney
6. Michael Clarke
7. Thomas Longstaff
8. Anne Graham
9. Mark Dion
10. Benjamin Chipman
11. Megan Rochelo
12. Roberta Beavers
13. Devin Beliveau

#### Republican[edit]

1. Alexander Willette
2. Ricky Long
3. Stacey Guerin
4. Frederick Wintle
5. Kenneth Fredette
6. Joyce Maker
7. Peter Rioux
8. R. Ryan Harmon
9. Dana Dow
10. Susan Morissette
11. Karen Foster
12. Kimberly Olsen
13. Melvin Newendyke
14. John Picchiotti
15. Larry Dunphy
16. Russell Black
17. Tom Winsor
18. Paul Waterhouse
19. Michael McClellan
20. Heather Sirocki
21. Bradley Moulton

### Candidates who won election[edit]

The following is a list of all candidates elected to the Maine State Senate:

#### Democratic[edit]

1. Charles Theriault
2. Herbert Clark
3. Robert Duchesne
4. James Dill (Maine)
5. Adam Goode
6. Sara Stevens
7. Emily Ann Cain
8. Elspeth Flemings
9. Walter Kumiega
10. Louis Luchini
11. Erin Herbig
12. Andrew O'Brien
13. Joan Welsh
14. Edward Mazurek
15. Charles Kruger
16. Anna Blodgett
17. Maeghan Maloney
18. Stephen Hanley
19. W. Bruce MacDonald
20. Michael Clarke
21. Charles Priest
22. Peter Kent
23. Alexander Cornell du Houx
24. Seth Berry
25. Brian Bolduc
26. Michel Lajoie
27. Michael Carey (Maine)
28. Richard Wagner
29. Margaret Rotundo
30. Henry Beck
31. Thomas Longstaff
32. Sharon Treat
33. Jeff McCabe (Maine)
34. Paul Gilbert
35. Matthew Peterson
36. Sheryl Briggs
37. Teresea Hayes
38. Helen Rankin
39. Michael Shaw (Maine)
40. David Webster
41. Melissa Innes
42. Anne Graham
43. Mark Bryant
44. Mary Nelson (Maine)
45. Mark Dion
46. Peter Stuckey
47. Stephen Lovejoy
48. Anne Haskell
49. Jon Hinck
50. Benjamin Chipman
51. Diane Russell (Maine)
52. Cynthia Dill
53. Terry Morrison
54. Jane Eberle
55. Bryan Kaenrath
56. Ann Peoples
57. Timothy Driscoll
58. Linda Sanborn
59. Robert Hunt
60. George Hogan
61. Donald Pilon
62. Linda Valentino
63. Paulette Beaudoin
64. Megan Rochelo
65. Alan Casavant
66. Andrea Boland
67. Mark Eves
68. Roberta Beavers
69. Devin Beliveau
70. John Tuttle (Maine)
71. John L. Martin (Maine)

#### Republican[edit]

1. Stacey Guerin
2. Bernard Ayotte
3. Peter Edgecomb
4. Tyler Clark
5. Alexander Willette
6. Joyce Ann Fitzpatrick
7. Ricky Long
8. Everett McLeod, Sr.
9. Jeffery Gifford
10. Douglas Damon
11. James Parker (Maine)
12. David Johnson (Maine)
13. Michael Celli
14. Frederick Wintle
15. Kenneth Fredette
16. Peter Johnson
17. Dean Cray
18. Stacey Fitts
19. Howard McFadden
20. Joyce Maker
21. Dianne Tilton
22. Richard Malaby
23. Kimberley Rosen
24. James Gillway
25. Peter Rioux
26. R. Ryan Harmon
27. Wesley Richardson
28. Dana Dow
29. Jonathan McKane
30. Deborah Sanderson
31. Leslie Fossel
32. Susan Morissette
33. H. David Cotta
34. Karen Foster
35. Kerri Prescott
36. Kimberly Olsen
37. Michael Beaulieu
38. Bruce Bickford
39. Stephen Wood
40. Robert Nutting
41. Melvin Newendyke
42. L. Gary Knight
43. Patrick Flood
44. Dennis Keschl
45. John Picchiotti
46. Philip Curtis
47. Larry Dunphy
48. Lance Harvell
49. Russell Black
50. Jarrod Crockett
51. Tom Winsor
52. Jeffrey Timberlake
53. Paul Waterhouse
54. Ralph Sarty, Jr.
55. James Hamper
56. Richard Cebra
57. Michael McClellan
58. Dale Crafts
59. Eleanor Espling
60. Meredith Strang Burgess
61. Gary Plummer (Maine)
62. Amy Volk
63. Heather Sirocki
64. Jane Knapp
65. Aaron Libby
66. Wayne Parry
67. Joan Nass
68. Beth O'Connor
69. Kathleen Chase
70. Bradley Moulton
71. Windol Weaver
72. David R. Burns, Maine State Representative
73. David C. Burns
74. David Richardson (Maine)
75. Paul T. Davis (Maine state senator)
76. Andre Cushing III

#### Other[edit]

None

## Competitiveness[edit]

Across the nation, 4,958 state house seats were up for election in 2010. In 1,680 (33.9%) of these state house contests, there was a major party candidate with no major party opposition. In Maine, 3 candidates (1.99% of all seats) faced no major party opposition. Of these 3, 1 was a Democrat and 2 were Republicans.

### Unopposed candidates in general election[edit]

The following candidates did not face major party competition:

#### Democratic[edit]

1. John L. Martin (Maine)

#### Republican[edit]

1. Ralph Sarty, Jr.
2. Stacey Guerin

## Ballot Access[edit]

In Maine, 16 house candidates ran as independent or third party candidates. One candidate, Benjamin Chipman (I), won election in the November 2 general election.

### Third party candidates[edit]

The following is a list of third party and independent candidates who ran in 2010:

1. Thomas Elliman
2. Tyler Frank

# National Partisan Trends[edit]

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## National Partisan Trends[edit]

The following tables detail the partisan breakdown of national election results. These results provide context for Republican gains in Maine.

### Incumbents who were defeated in the general election[edit]

Across the nation, only 15 Republican incumbents were defeated while 492 Democratic incumbents were defeated. In total, 507 (10.4%) of the 4,872 incumbents running in the general election were defeated. The following is a breakdown of incumbent defeats in the 2010 general election:

The following is the breakdown of incumbents who lost.

Incumbents defeated in 2010 legislative elections

Party  | Senate  | House  | Total
Democratic  | 89  | 403  | 492
Republican  | 5  | 10  | 15
TOTALS  | 94  | 413  | 507

### Total new legislators elected[edit]

In total, 1,733 (28.3%) new legislators were elected in 2010. Of these 1,733, 1,266 (73.1%) are Republicans and 467 (26.9%) are Democrats.

The following is the breakdown of new legislators.

New Legislators after the 2010 legislative elections

Party  | Senate  | House  | Total
Democratic  | 110  | 357  | 467
Republican  | 278  | 988  | 1,266
TOTALS  | 388  | 1,345  | 1,733

### Winners of Open Seats[edit]

Open seats contests made up 1,178 (19.2%) of the 6,125 seats on November 2. Of these 1,178 open seats, Republicans won 729 (61.9%) while Democrats won 449 (38.1%). Going into the election, the number of open seats formerly held by each party was quite similar. Estimates prior to the election suggest that approximately 52% of the open seats were previously held by Republicans and 48% were held by Democrats.

The following is the breakdown of open seat winners.

Open Seat Winners in 2010 legislative elections

Party  | Senate  | House  | Total
Democratic  | 108  | 341  | 449
Republican  | 191  | 538  | 729
TOTALS  | 299  | 879  | 1,178

### Impact on legislative majorities[edit]

See also: Partisan balance of state legislatures

Heading into the November 2 elections, the Democratic Party held a commanding lead in state houses in the 88 legislative chambers that held elections in 2010. 52 of the 88 chambers, or nearly 60% of them, had a Democratic majority, while only 33 of them had a Republican majority. (Two chambers had an exactly equal number of Democrats and Republicans and one is officially nonpartisan.) The following is a partisan breakdown of state legislatures prior to the November 2 election:

Partisan breakdown before the November 2010 Election

Legislative chamber  |  |  |  |
State senates | 23  | 18  | 1  | 1
State houses | 29  | 15  | 1  | \-
Totals: | 52  | 33  | 2  | 1

As a result of the election, Republicans picked up 20 legislative chambers while Democrats lost 20. Republicans won 53 total chambers on November 2, while Democrats won only 32. The following is a partisan breakdown of state legislatures after the November 2 election:

Partisan breakdown after the November 2010 Election

Legislative chamber  |  |  |  |
State senates | 16  | 25  | 1  | 1
State houses | 16  | 28  | 1  | 0
Totals: | 32  | 53  | 2  | 1

Another way to examine the data is to gauge how many chambers had gains for the Democratic Party versus the Republican Party. Using this variable, the wide-sweeping Republican victory is further amplified. Democrats bolstered their majorities in only 7 of 88 (7.96%) state chambers. These legislatures are as follows:

State legislative chambers where Democrats gained seats on November 2

State  | Chamber  | Number of seats gained by Democrats
California | Assembly | \+ 2
Delaware | House | \+ 2
Hawaii | Senate | \+ 1
Maryland | Senate | \+ 2
Massachusetts | Senate | \+ 1
Missouri | Senate | \+ 1
West Virginia | Senate | \+ 1

In 7 chambers, the GOP kept their current number of seats. In one chamber, the California State Assembly, both major parties gained seats by filling 2 vacancies and defeating an incumbent independent. Overall, the Republican Party picked up legislative seats in 75 (85.2%) of the 88 legislative chambers that held elections on November 2.

### Impact on State Politics[edit]

Along with the GOP capture of the U.S. House of Representatives, state Republicans gained trifectas (control of the governorship, house, and senate) in 12 states. The following is a breakdown of trifectas across the nation, before and after the 2010 election:

Trifectas before and after the 2010 Election

Party  | Before election  | U.S. House seats  | After election  | U.S. House seats  | Gain/loss states  | Gain/loss congressional seats
Democratic | 16  | 131  | 11  | 115  | -5  | -16
Republican | 8  | 66  | 20  | 198  | +12  | +132

Before the election, 131 U.S House seats were in states with Democratic trifectas, while 66 districts were in states with Republican trifectas. After the election, Republicans trifectas control redistricting for 198 U.S. House seats while Democrats control only 115. Additionally, California, the strongest Democratic trifecta with 53 U.S. House representatives, passed propositions that take redistricting power away from state government.

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