Sweeping Democratic victories in off-year elections seem to be foreshadowing a very good midterms for the party, and one expert believes it’s even bigger than that.

“This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fundamentally transform legislative power,” Heather Williams, president of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC), which focuses on electing Democrats to statehouses, told Mother Jones.

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    They have a page outlining their platform on the website, and it’s actually a really good plan, but it’s kind of hard when the DNC have had 48 seats or less for over a decade and since some of the stuff has been ruled unconstitutional by the SCOTUS, such as the Citizens United decision, they’re going to need to pass constitutional amendments which require 2/3rds majorities.