What would a Democratic supermajority in the legislature look like?
As the election that will determine whether Gov. Joe Lombardo maintains his veto power looms, Republicans worry what a Democratic-controlled Legislature would do in the next session, while Democrats pledge to keep working across the aisle regardless of the outcome in November.
If Democrats are successful in achieving supermajorities in the Assembly and Senate, they’d have enough votes to render the governor’s veto powers — and his legislative priorities — moot.
A supermajority occurs when when one party holds two-thirds of the seats in a chamber, allowing it to pass tax and revenue increases without a vote from the other side of the aisle and override a gubernatorial veto.
During the 2023 session, Democrats held a supermajority in the Assembly with 28 seats out of 42 and were just one seat away from a supermajority in the 21-member Senate. Republicans must maintain their current seat count in the Senate or pick up just one seat in the Assembly to block a Democratic supermajority.
Lombardo and state Republicans have put their full force behind protecting his veto power — an authority the governor wielded often in the last session, breaking a record with 75 vetoes.
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