Overview
- Media projections showed Democrats winning Virginia’s governor race with Abigail Spanberger and the attorney general race with Jay Jones.
- Rep. Mikie Sherrill was projected to become New Jersey’s next governor, defeating Republican Jack Ciattarelli.
- Zohran Mamdani was expected to win the New York City mayor’s race by a wide margin, according to early reporting.
- Shortly after results rolled in, Trump wrote that Republicans lost because he was not on the ballot and because of the recent federal shutdown, attributing the claim to unnamed pollsters.
- Earlier in the day, Trump threatened to cut New York funding if Mamdani were elected and posted an inflammatory remark targeting Jewish voters who support him.