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The First Big Elections of the New Trump Era Are Today. Here’s What to Look For.

The mayor’s race in New York will gauge voters’ desire for a left-wing shift, and Democrats running for governor in New Jersey and Virginia again made fighting the president central to their bids. Read More

What will and won’t matter in the midterm elections from Tuesday’s results

Tuesday’s election results struck fear into Republicans’ hearts about what they might mean for the party’s fragile majorities a year from now. Read More

The Backlash Has Arrived: 6 Takeaways From a Good Night for Democrats

In Virginia, New Jersey and beyond, Democratic voters powered their candidates to victory and sent a warning sign to President Trump and his Republican Party. Read More

What Tuesday’s Elections Might Tell Us About Trump

On Thursday, Trump took to Truth Social to call for Senate Republicans to “go for what is called the Nuclear Option.” “Get rid of the Filibuster, and get rid of it, NOW!” he wrote. Read More

Could a Supreme Court Ruling on Election Maps Affect the Midterms? Timing Matters.

A prohibition on the use of race in drawing electoral districts could allow states to redraw legislative lines before voting begins next year. By Nick Corasaniti If the Supreme Court knocks down part ... Read More

The New Sign Trump Is Planning a Midterm-Elections Power Grab

Whatever Team Trump has planned or might yet plan, it has been fully pre-justified by a president who over and over and over again has claimed that elections are so corrupt that winners are determined ... Read More

Election 2025: New York Mayor, Virginia Governor, California's Prop. 50 and other key races to watch Tuesday

From left: Zohran Mamdani; Abby Spanberger; Andrew Cuomo; Winsome Earle-Sears. (Photo illustration: Julia Meslener/Yahoo News; photos: Heather Khalifa/AP, Ryan M. Kelly/AP, Michael Simon/Getty Images, ... Read More