They may evolve to be like MA where there's a tendency to elect state officials from the GOP to keep the Assembly somewhat in check.
To be fair, Massachusetts is getting there, but it's not there yet. That's a state where the majority of state legislative seats actually go uncontested out of futility. And even more frustrating: Sometimes, even winnable seats go uncontested, because the GOP just isn't together enough to make sure these tiny, ~20K voter districts all have solid local candidates.
George W. Bush did better across Massachusetts than most local GOP candidates did, and that guy was effing hated.
