Overview
- Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill won governorships in Virginia and New Jersey by wide margins, with Spanberger becoming the first woman to lead Virginia.
- Zohran Mamdani won New York City’s mayoralty after record turnout surpassed 2 million voters, marking the city’s first Muslim mayor.
- California’s Proposition 50 passed, temporarily sidelining the independent redistricting commission and enabling maps expected to net Democrats up to five House seats.
- Exit polling across the contests found cost of living as the top concern, with the prolonged federal shutdown also weighing heavily and many voters blaming Trump and Republicans.
- President Trump said Republicans lost because he was not on the ballot and due to the shutdown, as he meets GOP senators on ending the filibuster while a Republican senator cited bipartisan talks that could end the shutdown soon.