Republicans are losing clout in statehouses in another possible sign of midterm trouble

(Politico) Republicans are losing their bench.

More than a dozen GOP leaders in state legislatures across the country — including North Carolina, Wisconsin, Georgia and Iowa — have opted to resign or have announced their retirement over the past 14 months, in what could be another sign of the party’s dimming prospects in the midterms.

Individual explanations for the departures vary, but they suggest it’s not just congressional Republicans facing down a stormy November as polls show President Donald Trump’s popularity sinking amid higher gas prices and doubts about the Iran war. The GOP could be facing another midterm like 2018, when Democrats flipped six legislative chambers and netted over 300 seats nationwide.

“I think he puts Republicans on the defensive with his actions,” said Dick Wadhams, a longtime consultant and a former state GOP chair in Colorado. “They can’t stand it anymore.”

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