Republican State Leadership Committee outlines 2024 goals, highlights importance of Florida

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Republican State Leadership Committee outlined their 2024 goals when it comes to taking back and holding onto state legislatures across the country.

The group emphasized the importance of controlling Florida’s legislative chambers and those of other swing states.

“The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) enters the 2024 election with a clear mission: safeguard our majorities against the onslaught of liberal spending from the far left, reclaim majorities in key battleground states, and grow our party by winning seats in blue states that will continue to chip away at one-party Democrat rule,” the committee said in a statement.

The organization, run by former Florida House Speaker Steve Crisafulli, leaned in on early voting and absentee voting as one of the driving factors for victory in swing states, as seen in places like Virginia.

“The aftermath of the Virginia elections not only provided a snapshot into the influx of outside spending that will define 2024, so much that it surpassed our entire cycle budget within a month, but it revealed the Democrats’ advantage in newly redrawn maps that provided their candidates with a D +4.2% edge,” the committee continued.

“In response, we recognized the potential impact of a turnout operation targeting low-propensity voters to mobilize and win in these slim-margin districts that will make or break majorities this year,” it said.

Currently, the Republican Party holds 57 of the 99 legislative chambers throughout the nation. 85 of the chambers have seats up for reelection in 2024.

In regard to direct targets, the group is specifically looking at 33 seats across the country that will determine state legislative control of the nation.

They said how if the GOP is able to flip seven seats across three states, they would be able to gain control of the additional chambers. On the other hand, Democrats would need to flip 33 seats across five states in order to have a simple majority of chambers.

The three states where the RSLC argued they could win the legislative majorities consisted of Michigan, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.

The committee warned of an increase in Democratic spending in key swing states and other areas that will have “major implications” for the presidential election.

Florida, Arizona, Georgia, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas and Wisconsin were the significant states that the organization highlighted.

Additionally, although they don’t appear to effect the presidential race, Arkansas, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky and Nebraska are other states where the group believes Democrats will heavily target with resources.

In order to pull off victories, the RSLC believes that the early and absentee voting will turn out low-propensity voters throughout the country.

On top of voting, the organization argued success will come if GOP candidates have clear messaging on all of their policy issues and financial resource are distributed effectively.