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Stacey Abrams: “We could lose up to 200 state and local, local seats, state…”

Featuring: Stacey Abrams, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Georgia

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The Hard Truth Democrats Must Face to Win in 2026

Published | Video Starts at 47:43

That can gut the Voting Rights act and not only cost us 18 to 27 seats, that would make the Congress permanently Republican. We could lose up to 200 state and local, local seats, state legislative seats, which means that when the maps get redrawn, we can never have power again across this country. And so we got to remember that while we get focused on the big shiny object, Venezuela is the proof point that the face is not the same as the body. (47:43–47:55)

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Asserts that up to 200 state and local legislative seats could be lost, affecting future power dynamics.

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