Overview
- Zohran Mamdani won New York City's mayoral race, defeating independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
- Abigail Spanberger captured Virginia's governorship over Winsome Earle‑Sears by a double‑digit margin, becoming the state's first woman governor.
- Mikie Sherrill won the New Jersey governor's race, keeping the office in Democratic hands against Republican Jack Ciattarelli.
- California voters approved Proposition 50 to enable a new congressional map expected to benefit Democrats, and Pennsylvania retained three Democratic justices to preserve a 5–2 state Supreme Court majority.
- President Trump argued on Truth Social that GOP losses reflected his absence from ballots and the ongoing federal shutdown, while analysts cast the results as meaningful but not yet a national verdict ahead of the 2026 midterms.