North Carolina Republicans gained control of both chambers of the state legislature in 2010 for the first time in more than a century.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent sources including PBS, Governing, Carolina Journal, Wikipedia, and Ballotpedia. Minor variance exists on whether the prior GOP majority was in 1870 or 1896, but this does not undermine the core claim. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.812 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- What's at Stake When the Supreme Court Argues Moore v. ... (seed:politics_and_current_events)
- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/outgoing-n-c-governor-signs-gop-bill-stripping-powers-democratic-successor (corroboration)
- https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-north-carolina-southern-progressivism.html (corroboration)
- https://www.carolinajournal.com/gop-makes-history-by-securing-control-of-n-c-house-senate/ (corroboration)
- https://ballotpedia.org/North_Carolina_Republicans_hold_power_over_redistricting_for_the_first_time_in_over_a_century (corroboration)