Voters across the country are heading to the polls today for a slew of key off-cycle races, including governor's races in New Jersey and Virginia and the New York City mayoral election.

Elections in New Jersey, Virginia, California and elsewhere are the first big opportunity since Trump's 2024 victory to gauge voter sentiment.

Voters head to polls Tuesday in America’s first major election with key races in several states, including New Jersey and Virginia.

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani promised to reject President Donald Trump on the eve of Election Day, flanked by Attorney General Letitia James in defiant Brooklyn Bridge march.

Proposition 50, backed by Governor Gavin Newsom and Democratic leaders, would authorize temporary district maps through 2030. The measure is framed as a counterstrike to Republican-led states like Texas and Missouri, which are pursuing mid-decade redistricting to bolster their chances in the 2026 midterms.

The 2025 elections, set for this coming Tuesday, tell an unsurprising story: Backlash to an increasingly unpopular Donald Trump is lifting Democratic and liberal causes across the country, from a governor’s race in Virginia to a redistricting referendum in California to New York City’s mayoral battle.