Democrats were long expected to gain a two-thirds advantage in the Senate, but Assembly Speaker John Pérez had downplayed expectations that the party could win a supermajority in the lower house. The party’s apparent capture of at least 54 seats in the Assembly and 27 in the Senate would mark the first time in nearly 80 years that one party controlled two-thirds of both houses, according to Senate President pro tem Darrell Steinberg. The win not only hands Democrats control of the executive and legislative branches, but gives legislative leaders far more power, including the ability to override vetoes by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown.

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by Marisa Lagos, The San Francisco Chronicle.

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