Thus far in Georgia, the Republicans are getting smacked.
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Mamdani wins New York City mayoral race, in a historic victory for progressives
November 4, 20259:35 PM ETBy
Rachel Treisman
Zohran Mamdani speaks to supporters during a gathering in June.
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Zohran Mamdani will be the next mayor of New York City, becoming the first Muslim and person of South Asian descent — as well as the youngest in over a century — to hold the position.
The 34-year-old, Ugandan-born democratic socialist defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an Independent, and Republican Curtis Sliwa in Tuesday's election, according to a race call by the Associated Press.
It's a remarkable ascent for Mamdani, who was a relatively unknown state assemblymember representing Queens when he entered the crowded mayoral race last year. He went on to win June's Democratic primary by 12 percentage points, quickly becoming one of the country's most popular and polarizing politicians along the way.
New York City – Mayor
CandidatePercentVotesZohran Mamdani (Dem)49.6%677,615
Andrew Cuomo (Ind)41.6%568,488
Curtis Sliwa (GOP)7.9%108,377
AP estimate: 60% of votes in • Last updated: Nov. 4, 2025 at 9:26 p.m. ET
Notes: Election results are tabulated by The Associated Press. The estimated share of votes counted is based on AP analysis, and the AP also calls race winners. Here’s how the AP does that. Candidates receiving less than 5% support are not shown individually.
Some of Mamdani's main campaign promises include making the city's buses fare-free, freezing stabilized rents, providing universal child care, increasing the minimum wage by 2030 and lowering the cost of living by raising taxes on big corporations and the wealthiest 1% of New Yorkers.
Mamdani has also said he would stand up to President Trump, who has frequently criticized — and mischaracterized — Mamdani as a communist and repeatedly threatened to slash New York City's federal funding if he wins.
Zohran Mamdani takes a selfie with a young woman after speaking at a press conference on September 26 in New York City.
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Critics have pointed to Mamdani's relative inexperience and the political challenges he would face in delivering on his ambitious, highly progressive agenda. And, despite his repeated disavowal of antisemitism, his vocal and long-held criticisms of Israel's government and actions in Gaza have alienated some voters in a city that's home to the largest Jewish community outside of Israel.
But Mamdani's vision of a more affordable city, articulated through savvy social media videos and upbeat in-person interactions, has clearly resonated with young and first-time voters (even outside of New York).
He won endorsements from scores of high-profile progressives, mobilized tens of thousands of campaign volunteers and held a double-digit lead in polls going into Election Day. Young voters, who were likely to have supported Mamdani, are credited with driving record early-voter turnout. After polls closed on Tuesday, it was clear his efforts had paid off.
A recap of the race
New York City's mayoral race has unfolded in a series of dramatic twists and turns, clashes and unlikely alliances.Current Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, initially ran for a second term, despite a scandal-ridden first term and all-time low approval ratings. After the Trump administration formally dismissed the corruption case against him, he announced his reelection bid in June, this time as an independent.
That allowed Adams to bypass the Democratic primary, in which Mamdani triumphed over Cuomo. Mamdani's win was seen as an upset to the establishment, since the 67-year-old Cuomo is the son of a three-time New York governor and held the position himself for a decade beginning in 2011.
In 2021, after numerous women accused him of sexual misconduct and questions swirled about his administration's management of nursing home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuomo resigned as governor to avoid a likely impeachment trial, but denied all wrongdoing.
Angling for a comeback, Cuomo entered the mayoral race in March, saying the city was "in crisis" and in need of "effective leadership." His platform emphasized issues like public safety, affordable housing, healthcare and fighting antisemitism — with a more centrist stance compared to Mamdani.
Cuomo reentered the race as an independent after his primary loss, seeking to appeal to more moderate voters. He also got Adams' endorsement after the mayor dropped out in late September.
Eric Adams (left) poses with Andrew Cuomo during the game between the New York Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden on October 22.
Al Bello/Getty Images
At that point, the race narrowed to three main contenders: Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa, a 71-year-old radio talk show host and founder of the subway patrol organization, the Guardian Angels, who ran unopposed in the Republican primary.
Sliwa, who ran against Adams in 2021, was determined to remain in this year's race despite third-place poll numbers and mounting calls to drop out, from his own party as well as Cuomo himself. Their concern was that Sliwa would take votes away from Cuomo, propelling Mamdani to victory.
The three faced off in two contentious debates in October, in which Mamdani and Cuomo sparred over issues of integrity and experience while Sliwa sought to paint them as two sides of the same ideological coin.
Tuesday's election marks a pivotal moment for liberal-leaning New York City and the Democratic establishment. Both have grappled with how to respond to the Trump administration, which has targeted blue cities nationwide (including the Big Apple) with funding cuts and National Guard troops.
The high stakes and voter enthusiasm of this election were evident well before Election Day: The city Board of Elections said 735,317 voters cast ballots during early voting, more than five times the number of early voters in 2021.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/04/nx-s1-5597788/election-results-zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-mayor
National
Rep. Mikie Sherrill wins N.J. governor in Tuesday's second victory for Democrats
November 4, 20259:29 PM ETBy
Joe Hernandez
Democratic U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill speaks during a rally on Nov. 1 in Newark, N.J. The Associated Press has declared Sherrill the winner of Tuesday's race over Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli.
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images North America
A former Navy pilot, first elected to Congress in 2018, will be New Jersey's next governor.
Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill defeated former Republican Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, according to a race call by The Associated Press, capping a closely-watched gubernatorial election that some polls predicted would be a coin flip.
Sherrill's victory marks the first time since the 1960s that New Jersey voters have elected a governor from the same party three terms in a row. Her victory is also the second major win for Democrats on Tuesday, following Abigail Spanberger's win in the Virginia race for governor.
and the second major victory for Democrats Tuesday The election was one of the first major tests of President Trump's appeal in his second term. He endorsed Ciattarelli.
She'll replace outgoing Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, who is leaving office after serving his two-term limit.
The tight race has surprised some in the traditionally blue state, which has had a Democratic governor for the past eight years and a legislature controlled by Democrats for even longer.
But the possibility that the governorship could flip to a Republican — along with the statewide contest being seen as an indicator of public opinion on Trump's second term — put the election in the national spotlight and drew nearly $200 million in spending.
Trump endorsed Ciattarelli earlier this year, saying that after Ciattarelli got to "know and understand MAGA" he went "ALL IN, and is now 100% (PLUS!)." Ciattarelli had previously criticized the president. Meanwhile, former President Obama endorsed Sherrill in an online video message and later joined her on the campaign trail.
Sherrill, also a former federal prosecutor and attorney, entered politics less than a decade ago when she was elected to Congress in 2018. This was the third time Ciattarelli, a former CPA and small business owner, had run for governor.
But even though Democrats hold an advantage over Republicans on the voter rolls, New Jersey residents have chosen governors from both parties.
"As blue as New Jersey might be in presidential races and U.S. Senate races too, the state is decidedly purple when it comes to gubernatorial elections," Ben Dworkin, director of the Rowan Institute for Public Policy & Citizenship at Rowan University, told NPR in October.
Affordability has been perhaps the most prominent issue of the campaign. Both candidates have bemoaned the state's high cost of living and surging energy prices, with Ciattarelli vowing to lower New Jersey's high property taxes and Sherrill promising to freeze electricity bills.
But in the final weeks of the race, both campaigns traded personal attacks. Ciattarelli repeatedly questioned Sherrill's involvement in a cheating scandal at the Naval Academy in 1994. She said she was prohibited from walking at her graduation because she failed to turn in her classmates, and blasted the Trump administration for releasing her mostly unredacted military records to an ally of Ciattarelli's campaign.
For her part, Sherrill accused Ciattarelli's former publishing company of producing materials that downplayed the dangers of opioids, saying in one of the televised debates between the pair that her opponent was responsible for killing tens of thousands of people in New Jersey. Ciattarelli said Sherrill was lying and threatened to sue her for defamation.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/04/nx-s1-5590033/election-results-new-jersey-governor-sherrill
Democrat Spanberger wins Virginia governor race with message on DOGE, cost of living
November 4, 20258:00 PM ETFrom
By
Margaret Barthel
Democratic candidate for governor Abigail Spanberger gives remarks during a rally on Saturday in Norfolk, Virginia.
Shaban Athuman/VPM News
Democrat Abigail Spanberger will be Virginia's next governor, according to a race call by the Associated Press.
Spanberger, who previously served three terms in the U.S. House, defeated her Republican opponent, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears. She'll be Virginia's first woman governor.
The contest received national attention as one of the first major tests of voter sentiment in response to the Trump administration's policies.
Virginia is home to around 320,000 federal workers and hundreds of thousands of federal contractors. On the campaign trail, Spanberger argued that federal layoffs, cutbacks by President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), tariffs, and the federal shutdown were an attack on the Virginia economy — and pitched herself as a way for voters to push back.
"We need a governor who will recognize the hardship of this moment, advocate for Virginians, and make clear that not only are we watching people be challenged in their livelihoods and in their businesses and in communities, but Virginia's economy is under attack," Spanberger said at a stop on a campaign bus tour late last month.
That message resonated with Haley Morgan Wright, a voter whose husband is a federal employee currently working without pay during the federal shutdown. She wants Spanberger to use her platform as governor to uplift the stories of civil servants like him.
"He cares about his country, he wants to serve his country and has opted to do it in this way," she said after casting a ballot in the Northern Virginia exurbs. "He's not superfluous."
Spanberger was backed by national Democrats
National Democrats had looked to Spanberger and Virginia Democrats for a boost heading into the 2026 midterms. Former President Barack Obama had campaigned for her and the party backed her in what was one of just two governor's races this year.
Voters cast their ballots at Huguenot High School on Tuesday in Richmond, Virginia.
Ryan M. Kelly/VPM News
"The DNC has been spending a lot of money and a lot of time in Virginia," said DNC Vice Chair Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta at a meeting for party volunteers in Northern Virginia. "Because we know that what you all do and the momentum that is going to come out of your victories is going lead to us flipping the House of Representatives in 2026."
In 2021, Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe with 50.6% of the vote to 48.7%. Virginia governors are limited to one four-year term.
Spanberger, who served in the CIA before running for Congress in 2018, has cultivated a reputation as a pragmatic centrist. The theme of her run for governor was "affordability" — speaking to Virginians' concerns about rising costs of housing, utility bills, pharmaceutical drugs, and the economic uncertainty she blamed on Trump's tariffs and federal layoffs.
Earle-Sears, meanwhile, portrayed herself as an example of the American dream — a Jamaican immigrant who became a U.S. Marine and small business owner.
She accused Spanberger of backing policies on transgender rights that she said are a threat to girls' safety in school bathrooms and locker rooms.
"Love is not having my daughter having to be forced to undress in a locker room with a man. That's not love," Earle-Sears said at a rally in late October. "Love is making sure that our girl children have opportunities in sports and are not forced to play against biological males."
Earle-Sears' stance on transgender students in girls' bathrooms sounded good to Elizabeth Drake, a voter who said she works with youth at a church in Loudoun County.
"I feel like we're actually going back and setting ourselves back a lot by endangering women," she said. "I'm not saying that that doesn't mean we can have alternative spaces for people, but the women's locker rooms, women's bathrooms, women's safe homes are not it."
Winsome Earle-Sears, currently Virginia's lieutenant governor, in the Virginia General Assembly last month.
Shaban Athuman/VPM News
The race was jolted by late-breaking events
She also attacked Spanberger for supporting Biden administration policies. She vowed to continue business-friendly polices of outgoing Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. While she backed Trump's policies, Trump did not endorse her.Several developments impacted the final weeks of the race. The federal shutdown shadowed the final month of early voting, with both campaigns blaming the other party for the stalemate.
Virginia lawmakers began considering a plan to redistrict the state's congressional districts to favor Democratic candidates in the 2026 midterm elections, as President Trump pushes Republicans in other states to move to favor their candidates. That could be an issue facing the next Virginia governor.
Former President Barack Obama campaigned for Spanberger over the weekend.
Steve Helber/AP
And Republicans seized on revelations of text messages by Democratic candidate for attorney general, Jay Jones, in which he described the hypothetical shooting of a Republican lawmaker. Spanberger denounced the messages though Earle-Sears faulted her for not calling on Jones to drop out of the race.
Jones was in a tight race Tuesday against Republican incumbent Jason Miyares for the attorney general's office.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/04/nx-s1-5589144/election-results-virginia-governor-spanberger
Blue muthafucking wave, baby! 
California redistricting
Proposition 50 would replace California's current congressional lines with a map favoring Democrats.The maneuver is Gov. Gavin Newsom's answer to President Trump pushing Texas and other GOP-led states to redraw their congressional maps to give Republicans a better chance of hanging onto the party's slim majority in the U.S. House.
If voters approve Prop 50 — which appears likely — the new districts could help Democrats win up to five more House seats in the 2026, 2028 and 2030 elections. The proposition is written to expire after the 2030 election, returning line-drawing power to the state's existing independent citizens' redistricting commission.
— KQED's Guy Marzorati
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/04/nx-s1-5589775/california-redistricting-new-york-mayor-nj-va-governor
2025 Election Results: Live
Virginia
Governor
County-level resultsCandidatePercentVotes
Abigail Spanberger (Dem)56.6%1,689,725
Winsome Earle-Sears (GOP)43.2%1,290,854
Other candidates0.2%5,962
AP estimate: 86% of votes in • Last updated: Nov. 4, 2025 at 10:01 p.m. ET • Winner called: Nov. 4, 2025 at 7:59 p.m. ET
New Jersey
Governor
County-level resultsCandidatePercentVotes
Mikie Sherrill (Dem)56.5%1,463,209
Jack Ciattarelli (GOP)42.9%1,109,993
Other candidates0.6%14,570
AP estimate: 79% of votes in • Last updated: Nov. 4, 2025 at 10:00 p.m. ET • Winner called: Nov. 4, 2025 at 9:23 p.m. ET
New York
New York City – Mayor
CandidatePercentVotesZohran Mamdani (Dem)50.4%999,313
Andrew Cuomo (Ind)41.5%823,490
Curtis Sliwa (GOP)7.2%142,632
AP estimate: 87% of votes in • Last updated: Nov. 4, 2025 at 10:00 p.m. ET • Winner called: Nov. 4, 2025 at 9:34 p.m. ET
California
Ballot measures
County-level resultsCalifornia Proposition 50 — Congressional Redistricting
CandidatePercentVotesYes0.0%0
No0.0%0
AP estimate: 0% of votes in • Last updated: Nov. 4, 2025 at 3:20 p.m. ET
Colorado
Ballot measures
County-level resultsColorado Proposition LL — Retain Excess Prop FF Revenue
CandidatePercentVotesYes63.6%727,119
No36.4%415,859
AP estimate: 70% of votes in • Last updated: Nov. 4, 2025 at 10:00 p.m. ET
Colorado Proposition MM — Raise Taxes for School Meal Program
CandidatePercentVotesYes57.0%653,866
No43.0%492,682
AP estimate: 70% of votes in • Last updated: Nov. 4, 2025 at 10:00 p.m. ET
Notes: Election results are tabulated by The Associated Press. The estimated share of votes counted is based on AP analysis, and the AP also calls race winners. Here’s how the AP does that. Candidates receiving less than 5% support are not shown individually.
https://apps.npr.org/2025-election-results
Ain't nobody give a FUCK about them text messages! Blue Wave!
Blue muthafucking wave, baby!
Not an iota of a FUCK about that weak sauce robocall, where Trump didn't even bother to mention the name of the Gubernatorial Republican Black woman candidate, Winsome Earle-Sears.
When will these lil Fetch-Its learn?
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The government shutdown that was caused by the Democrats but has been sabotaged to make the people think it was the Republicans and Trump fault is why the Democrats had the wins they got on Tuesday.
That’s Politricks for ya.
That’s Politricks for ya.
Trump said that anybody that would say this is a certified fag.. Here you are saying these words to prove him right
Show me where he said this?
I believe it was on trumpthinksyouregay.com
corny response. but I’m not surprised coming from you.
If there's one thing you need to avoid it's surprises fat boy. No I said ''surprise'' not ''some fries''' you greedy trick calm down, you're sweaty tits are going to get grease stains on the furniture and besides you know excitement is another one of your mortal enemies, Jesus Christ. Remember we need you here to keep playing drake's cousin. You are already down to half a foot and 3 quarters of leg. Have some kale chips and chillax my man... but dont fall asleep! I know how inactivity can get to you and the orderly hadnt had time to pressure wash your cpap machine this morning, milk curd.
I was wondering why this thread kept getting bumped.... I now regret ever coming in here
How is it corny? You ask where you can find the info I gave you the site.. Trump also talked about how he wanted to rule over Canada cause he cant trust a country whose filled with gay military men, he said Canada's navy is the gayest entity in the world.. He said homos everywhere in the Canadian Navy their bigly gay.. I just remembered you were in the Canadian navy so once again you proven his point twice
Definitely a sign of what's to come for next year's Midterms.
Can't run successful campaigns on ICE gestapos snatching RANDOM folks out of their homes, workplace and public events, RISING prices of food and other necessities due to Tariffs and price gouging, and Government Shutdown because Republicans don't want to fund ACA Healthcare subsidies for regular Citizens with a FALSE AF promise of funding Healthcare costs later, Etc.
Good luck running on the "both sides" bullshit that Voters see through.
Can't run successful campaigns on ICE gestapos snatching RANDOM folks out of their homes, workplace and public events, RISING prices of food and other necessities due to Tariffs and price gouging, and Government Shutdown because Republicans don't want to fund ACA Healthcare subsidies for regular Citizens with a FALSE AF promise of funding Healthcare costs later, Etc.
Good luck running on the "both sides" bullshit that Voters see through.
I hope you choke to death on the next dick you suck or at least get inflicted with an incurable disease.
FAT FAGGIT.
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