2020 State-By-State Results

Alaska 

In Alaska, we have won four seats to support the bipartisan coalition in the House. Entrepreneur and community leader Adam Wool and longtime educator Dan Ortiz have both held their seats. Joining them in Juneau, is small business owner Calvin Schrage and public health professional Liz Snyder who flipped their seats to join the State House of Representatives.

Arizona

In Arizona, while we did not flip a chamber, we held all 4 seats that we flipped in the House in 2018 and also flipped two more in the House and one more in the Senate. Seven of our endorsed candidates have been re-elected, including incumbent Reps Domingo DeGrazia, Jennifer Jermaine, Jennifer Pawlik, and Aaron Lieberman. While longtime public school teacher Judy Schwiebert flipped her seat,  community advocate Stephanie Stahl Hamilton held a Democratic seat to join their colleagues in the State House. Two-time FNF endorsee and former Arizona Teacher of the Year, Christine Marsh flipped her seat in the Senate. 

Florida

As some of the earliest results on election night came in, it was apparent that Florida would be challenging up and down the ticket. While we won just one seat in the House, it was a critical one. We are excited to share that first-time candidate and veteran Andrew Learned won a highly-contested seat that would have put the Republicans just one seat away from a supermajority. 

Iowa

In Iowa, a big pickup was offset by incumbent losses. We are proud that FNF endorsee Eric Gjerde — who canvassed while helping his neighbors clear storm-fallen trees from their properties — will take office in Des Moines this coming session. 

Kansas

In Kansas, we flipped seats in both chambers but other incumbents lost, so the supermajority is likely to hold. In the House, we are excited that FNF endorsees gun safety activist Jo Ella Hoye and small business owner Mari-Lynn Poskin will be representing their districts in Topeka. And in the Senate two additional endorsees, veteran Jeffrey Pittman and former State Rep. Cindy Holscher, will represent their districts.

Maine

We were able to help expand the Senate Majority that we flipped in 2018. We held both of our incumbent seats, including Senators Troy Jackson and Stacy Brenner. Football coach, teacher, and community leader Joe Rafferty, and State Representative Chloe Maxmin flipped two new seats in the Senate. Maine Senate Democrats have won 22 of 35 seats in a historic victory – the largest majority since 1986.

Michigan

While we did not flip the House in Michigan, FNF endorsees have defended every gain made in 2018. We are excited that advocate Christine Morse and two-time FNF-endorsee Kelly Breen have flipped their seats. Rep. Padma Kuppa returns to the State House as the first Indian immigrant and Hindu lawmaker in the legislature, and Rep. Mari Manoogian returns to the State House as the first Armenian American lawmaker in the legislature. Reps. Angela Witwer, Laurie Pohutsky, Jim Haadsma, and Matt Koleszar have also held their seats despite well-funded challengers

Montana

In Montana, Republican victories at the top of the ticket were matched by their down-ballot gains. COVID-19 made door-knocking and canvassing much more challenging, and several of our endorses lost by very narrow margins; seven candidates lost their seats narrowly, by 302 votes or less. While we are waiting on the results of one race, we will not achieve our goal of flipping the MT House

New Hampshire

Votes are still being counted in the New Hampshire Senate. FNF incumbent Tom Sherman has won, with Jeanne Dietsch and Shannon Chandley too close to call. Even though we will come out of this year with more seats than after 2016, holding the majority is unlikely.

North Carolina

North Carolina underperformed expectations up and down the ballot, and while votes are still being counted, the goal of flipping the chambers is out of reach. In the State Senate clean air advocate DeAndrea Salvador and nonprofit leader Sarah Crawford, both flipped seats for a net gain of one seat thus far. Key State House flips include community advocate Brian Farkas and Ricky Hurtado, the first Latinx Representative elected to the NC House. They join FNF endorsed incumbents Rachel Hunt, Brandon Lofton, Wesley Harris, Kandie Smith, James Gailliard, Terence Everitt, Julie von Haefen, and Ashton Clemmons, who all held their seats in the House. 

Pennsylvania

While we did not meet our goal of flipping a chamber, we are excited that U.S. Army Veteran Nancy Guenst has flipped a new seat in the House that had been held by Republicans ever since it was created in 1969. First-time candidate Nick Pisciottano has held his House seat for the Democrats, and John Kane, leader of his local Plumbers Union, flipped his seat in the Senate

Texas

The polling errors in Texas were striking, and the results up and down the ballot reflect no changes to the majority. We are proud that Ann Johnson, the first openly LGBTQ+ representative for her district in Texas, was elected to serve her district. 

Wisconsin 

With a late play in the Wisconsin House, our overall contributions helped the caucus prevent a Republican supermajority and protect the veto of Democratic Governor Tony Evers. The seeming potential and ultimate outcome mirror much of what was seen in results all over the country at every level.

Statement from Future Now Executive Director Daniel Squadron

September 14, 2020 – It’s shameful and disgusting that the North Carolina House Speaker is lying to the people in his state. In fact, it’s a lie built on a lie.

The first lie: The America’s Goals pledge is not an endorsement of any specific bill. Radical Republicans are simply lying about the America’s Goals pledge, just like they did in 2018. The pledge is a commitment to work toward shared goals like Good Jobs; Quality, Affordable Healthcare, and Equal Opportunity for All with measurable outcomes like better schools, higher life expectancy, and equal pay. It’s shocking North Carolina Republicans oppose these goals. America’s Goals is about results to improve lives. It does not define one-size-fits all policies, just the measurable outcomes.

The second lie: The speaker is lying about the policy he highlights, which is actually about experts identifying the most effective spending to keep communities safe and strong and nowhere calls to defund the police. Apparently saving taxpayer dollars and investing in proven strategies to make people safer is more offensive to the speaker than his racist dog-whistle.

But we shouldn’t be surprised. This is exactly what radical Republicans did in 2018 when they lied to distract from their failure to provide healthcare for hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians.

I call on the Speaker to apologize to North Carolinians for opposing Good Jobs; Quality, Affordable Healthcare; Investing in Children; Empowering People Over Special Interests; Equal Opportunity for All; Sustainable Infrastructure, Resilience and Innovation; and Clean Air, Water and Energy.

Press Contact: Simone Leiro, simone@futurenow.org