Millions of Americans around the country headed to the polls Tuesday for off-year elections that could foreshadow what’s to come in the 2026 midterms. Among the key races are New York City mayor, Virginia and New Jersey governorships, and California’s Proposition 50 resolution.
In New York City’s mayoral race, Socialist Democrat Zohran Mamdani is up against a lifelong Democrat, former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent. Mamdani has campaigned with an openly socialist agenda, saying he wants to ban extreme wealth, wants rent freezes and city-owned grocery stores, and famously said, “I don’t think that we should have billionaires.”
In New Jersey, Democrat Mikie Sherrill faces Republican Jack Ciatterelli for governor. Ciattarelli might have a shot to become New Jersey’s first Republican governor since Chris Christie almost a decade ago. It won’t be easy, as Democrats significantly outnumber Republicans among registered voters.
Virginia is set to elect its first woman governor, no matter who wins the election. The race is between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears. With Virginia seen as a purple state, Spanberger has made the race all about Trump opposition, trying to tie Sears to the president. Last night, Sears held a rally at Regent University’s School of Government.
California’s voters will decide on the Proposition 50 constitutional amendment that would suspend the state’s independent citizen redistricting system and create new congressional lines for the 2026, 2028, and 2030 elections. The goal of Gov. Gavin Newsom is to give Democrats a boost in next year’s midterm congressional elections.
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