Democratic legislators in Connecticut are trying to increase the state’s minimum wage, which is $10.10 an hour to $15. The Wall street Journal reports.

But the victory is far from assured as the Senate is now 50-50 between Democrats and Republicans.

Earlier this week, state Republican James Albis sponsored the bill to increase the state’s minimum wage. That legislation acquired more than 40 co-sponsors. “It’s a very good start,” Albis said. “But we have a lot of work to do.”

Since 2010, Governor. Dannel Malloy, along with his fellow Democrats, has passed two previous minimum wage hikes. But replicating that success will be difficult, given the evenly divided Senate.

The Democrats control the House of Representatives. “Being tied in the Senate is a totally different dynamic,” said Republican Senate President Pro Tempore Len Fasano, who is against the increase of minimum wage to $15 minimum wage.

The local business interests are not excited with the idea of raising the minimum wage, given the states less job recovery from the 2007-2009 recessions.

“It is the wrong time to be thinking about the increase in the minimum wage in Connecticut,” said Eric Gjede with the Connecticut Business & Industry Association.

In November 2016, four states voted for increase in minimum wages (Arizona, Colorado, Maine and Washington D.C.). Meanwhile, the International Franchise Association is asking the Supreme Court to rule on its objection to Seattle’s $15 per hour minimum wage.

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