There'll be a crush of cameras at the front door of the White House on January 20 as scores of media outlets scramble to record the moment that the new president walks in. But, wait--who're those people who'll be sliding in quietly behind him? They're the ones who'll spend the next four years whispering in the president's ear, sitting in strategy sessions, running presidential councils, filling agency slots, and pulling the levers of executive power.
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STATEHOUSES FLIP TO DEMOCRATS
In last Lowdown we reported that the elections yielded seven new Democratic governors— but we got the totals wrong. (Thanks to the eagle-eyed Lowdowners who alerted us.) With 13 Democratic Governors re-elected, the Dems now have 28 statehouses to Republicans 22. And the final count on state legislatures is that Democrats have a majority in both chambers in 23 states (up from 19), Repubs in 15, and in 11 states control of the chambers is split.