claim: said republicans made historic gains in state legislatures during last month’s election
author: national review
evidence_1: nov 9, 2018 ... republicans will gain seats in the senate, but with races in florida ... in 2010 and  2014, and picked up hundreds of state legislative seats, ... here are the statewide  races where democrats made headway on ... democrat doug jones of alabama,  who won a special election last .... try 1 month for $10 $1.
evidence_2: sep 14, 2017 ... but results of recent special elections for state legislative seats have given ...  presidential nominee hillary clinton did in the same district last fall. ... in 2009,  the year before republicans made historic gains in the house, ... "the dynamics  right now maybe won't translate to 14 months from now," kondik says.
evidence_3: nov 8, 2017 ... party takes at least four seats away from republicans. ... in blue-tinged districts  across the country on alert for next year's elections. democrats ...
evidence_4: dec 10, 2010 ... gop makes historic state legislative gains in 2010 ... in new york say state  better off if most legislators not reelected ... in 1994, the last big wave election,  they netted over 500 seats and the majority in 20 legislative bodies. ... for state  budgets, leading most legislatures to make unpopular fiscal cuts, ...
evidence_5: nov 10, 2018 ... democrats even made some important gains in states where they didn't win ...  after pennsylvania republicans last year considered impeaching the state  judges who ruled that ... the governor-elect said as much the day after her  election, .... for months, so the governor-elect and the democratic legislature ...