In the election where Democrats took 27+ seats of the 435 in the House of Representatives, Democrats in Kansas took 6 seats in the state House. Moving from 42 Dems to 48 means that Republicans cannot override a veto on a party-line vote.
A popular Democratic governor and an unpopular Republican Attorney General at the top of the ticket can really change how people think about down-ticket races.
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