U.S. Democrats fight for their future in tough statehouse races


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  • Wednesday, 13 Jun 2018

Forward Majority communications director Ben Wexler-Waite and founder and executive director David Cohen meet with Florida party operatives regarding Democratic efforts to win back seats in the Republican-controlled Florida House of Representatives in Tampa, Florida, U.S., May 14, 2018. Picture taken May 14, 2018. REUTERS/Letitia Stein

TAMPA, Fla./NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democrats are making an all-out push to retake control of state legislatures across the United States this fall. But in the states most crucial to the party's future, they face grim odds, a Reuters analysis of election data has found.

In many states, Democrats' only hope lies in flipping numerous districts that two years ago voted for Republicans in both the presidential and state legislative elections.

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