While some states test costly new agendas, others will prove that freedom makes life more affordable. That contrast is the heart of the second part of SPN’s post-election plan.

In Montana, the Mountain States Policy Center (@MtnStatesPolicy) is pushing a single 4.7 percent flat tax projected to add 2,400 jobs. In Utah, the Sutherland Institute (@SutherlandInst) is opening Utah Fits All to more schools and families. These are reforms the next presidential nominee can carry to the national stage in 2028, and SPN will make sure the country knows where they started. spn.org/after-the-rout…

This Veterans Day, in America’s 250th year, we remember that every generation of Americans has had men and women willing to defend the nation’s freedom.

To every veteran who answered that call, and to the families who served alongside them, thank you.

Looking past who won to why voters showed up tells a far more useful story for anyone working to expand opportunity in the states. spn.org/what-election-…

Many new legislative majorities rest on razor-thin margins, and the lawmakers on those margins will decide what happens to school choice and tax relief. SPN Affiliates are already in the statehouse making the case. spn.org/after-the-rout…

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Explore open positions with organizations across the SPN Network and put your skills to work advancing freedom in the states.

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On Tuesday, voters in four states approved reforms backed by the Network, and one passed with 86 percent of the vote. See which protections won and what comes next in this week’s Week in Review. spn.org/week-in-review…

It was a difficult election for the freedom movement, but North Carolina homeowners came out ahead. Voters approved a constitutional amendment requiring lawmakers to limit growth in local property-tax collections. Congratulations to John Locke Foundation(@JohnLockeNC), which made the case for a levy limit.

A win like this, in a year like this one, takes Durable Freedom Infrastructure.

Read more about Tuesday’s Affiliate wins:
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What is Durable Freedom Infrastructure?

We help build the Durable Freedom Infrastructure: a nationwide network of strong, independent organizations with the talent, resources, and capabilities to turn good ideas into lasting change.

Because advancing freedom takes more than winning one policy fight. It takes institutions built to keep winning for generations.

Learn more:
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Even as control of the legislature changed hands, voters approved Question 3, barring state and local governments from granting preferences based on race or sex in public hiring, education, and contracting. Congratulations to Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty(@WILawLiberty), which supported the amendment.

Results like this show why Durable Freedom Infrastructure matters. A state with strong institutions can make the case for reform and defend it when power changes hands.

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This will be Minnesota’s second Democrat trifecta in three cycles. The first one was devastating in many ways. Can the state afford another one?

Even in a tough election year, Iowa voters chose to protect taxpayers. Amendment 1 passed with 56 percent, so raising income tax rates or creating a new income tax now takes a two-thirds vote in each legislative chamber. Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation(@ITRwatchdog) argued for that protection, and it will hold no matter who sits in the governor’s office.

That is why Durable Freedom Infrastructure matters!

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The Democratic Socialists of America spent a decade building a national network, one chapter at a time. On Tuesday, that work paid off. At least 40 of the group’s endorsed candidates won state legislative seats, and Washington, D.C., elected a democratic socialist mayor a year after New York did the same.

These lawmakers are joining narrow majorities where a handful of votes can decide what passes. In Georgia, one of them wants to legalize rent control, a policy with a long record of shrinking the housing supply that working families depend on. The families who were promised affordability will be the ones who pay for it.

SPN has tracked this movement’s growth across 48 states and Washington, D.C., and we will keep watching every statehouse it reaches.

See where the movement gained ground:
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Tuesday was a hard night for the freedom movement, but Massachusetts gave us a bright spot. Voters passed Question 1 with 86 percent, giving residents an enforceable right to obtain most records held by the governor’s office and the legislature. Congratulations to Pioneer Institute(@PioneerPolicy), which endorsed the measure and helped make the case for it.

Read more about Tuesday’s Affiliate wins:
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Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin now have new Democratic trifectas, with one party holding the governor’s office and both legislative chambers. Republicans lost theirs in Georgia, Iowa, Ohio, and Texas. In the five new trifecta states, bills that stalled without a single vote from the minority party.

See what each change means for state policy:
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Tuesday’s midterm elections reshaped state government. Five governorships changed parties, legislative chambers flipped across the Midwest, and Texas elected its first Democratic governor in more than 30 years.

The consequences will come quickly. Proposals blocked for years can desk. New governors will write budgets, wield vetoes, and appoint officials unsympathetic to reforms that took years to enact. For SPN’s Network of state think tanks and the donors who support them, those reforms are now on the line. In this difficult political environment, the people who built them are best positioned to defend them.

Read our full analysis of what changed and what comes next:
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Flock cameras are raising new questions about privacy and government surveillance.

Rather than waiting on Washington, states are developing their own safeguards for how this technology can be used.

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Reversing Act 10, Wisconsin’s 2011 public-sector collective bargaining reform, could add more than $1.6 billion a year in costs for school districts, according to the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty. November’s results could decide whether the reform survives. spn.org/2026-state-ele…

Gallup reports that 43 percent of Americans now view socialism positively, the highest level in its series dating to 2010.

SPN's new report maps the DSA network that has been growing in communities across the country for years.

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DSA-backed candidates are running for state legislative seats in Alabama, Kansas, Kentucky, and Texas, along with 21 other states. Is yours one of them? SPN’s new state-by-state breakdown has the full list. spn.org/dsa-next-targe…