Even though a Democrat, Ed Rendell, won the governorship in 2002, Republicans in that election took control of twelve of the nineteen House seats.
The purpose was unclear, but those reading the tea leaves in Raleigh rightly assumed that Republicans would move to strip power from the governor's office and the state supreme court before Democrat Roy Cooper, who had won the 2016 gubernatorial election, took control.
Bush triumphsThe Republicans claimed a great victory in America's mid-term elections, taking control of the Senate and increasing their majority in the House.
Last month her party enjoyed unprecedented success in the local elections, taking control of 11 key constituencies, and up to 1,200 municipal seats.
The Republican Party made significant gains in the U.S. midterm elections, taking control of the Senate, which was previously controlled by the Democratic Party, while strengthening its control of the House of Representatives.
Opposition in the House softened after Democrats — who ran on a promise to expand Medicaid — picked up 15 seats in November elections, nearly taking control of the chamber in an anti-Trump wave.
The DA has been growing steadily in successive elections, already taking control of one of South Africa's nine provincial governments.
Wresting the ministry from Shas was part of Prime Minister Ehud Barak's election platform, and taking control of it was Mr. Sharansky's main plank.
The Conservatives have also made gains in council elections in England, taking control of an extra 26 councils, while Labour and the Liberal Democrats have lost control of four each.
As an example, solutions to congestion are top of mind behind the New York state election that saw Democrats taking control of both state legislative houses.
