The crest of the Republican wave this election was the taking of the Senate, but to see the real impact of the red wave, look at state governments. Of the 98 bicameral legislatures in the nation (unicameral Nebraska has to sit out on this one), Republicans control 63 of them, and six are still undecided. It was a good day for governor races, too, with the GOP picking up two governors’ positions, with 31 Republican governors to the Democrats’ 19. Tim Storey at the National Conference of State Legislatures writes, “A Republican wave swept over the states, leaving Democrats at their lowest point in state legislatures in nearly a century.” As most policy is worked out on the lower levels of government, this state-level wave may be of more importance than taking Congress. More…