These are the battlegrounds where state legislative control is up for grabs

Both parties are battling for state House and Senate majorities across the country, races that will determine the future of hot-button issues in key states.

Partisan control of at least eight legislative chambers across the country is up for grabs this November, battles that will go a long way in determining the fate of a litany of hot-button issues ranging from abortion to immigration in key battleground states.

Both parties have trained their focus almost exclusively on five states in the final stretch of the campaign: Arizona, where Republicans hold majorities in the state House and Senate; Michigan, where Democrats control both chambers; Minnesota, where Democrats are defending the state House; New Hampshire, where Republicans are aiming to hold on to the state House; and Pennsylvania, where the Democratic-held state House is in play.

In addition, Democrats are also zeroing in on cutting into the GOP’s massive state legislative advantages in Kansas, North Carolina and Wisconsin.

State legislative races traditionally take on a more local flavor. But with many of this year’s most critical contests occurring in presidential swing states, both parties are leaning into national issues.

Democratic groups flush with cash have ramped up their efforts to put reproductive rights at the forefront of many of the races in these states — mirroring a tack taken by the party’s federal candidates, including Vice President Kamala Harris.

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