The Democratic Party in Washington remains in the minority and relatively powerless to stop President Donald Trump's reshaping of Washington, but outside the capital, statehouse leaders are quietly preparing Democrats for the post-Trump era.

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin notably started his tenure in 2025 with the message: “It’s time for the DNC to get out of D.C.” And this past cycle, the party saw its greatest victory against the Trump Administration 2.0 in resounding victories up and down the ballot.

While wins in the New Jersey and Virginia governors’ races grabbed headlines, Democrats also made key gains in state legislatures. The party flipped 13 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, secured a supermajority in the New Jersey General Assembly, broke the GOP supe

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