Far from Washington, Democrats forge huge state-level gains

The last time Democrats controlled the Arizona Capitol, Bob Dylan had only just gone electric. The last time Georgians elected a Democrat as governor, Google was still run from a garage.

Tuesday’s national electoral thrashing did more than upend the U.S. Congress. It saw Democrats flip control of state legislatures and governor’s offices around the country, shatter Republican supermajorities that once seemed impenetrable and lay the groundwork for potentially profound policy changes in formally conservative strongholds.