Trump looms large over key Election Day 2025 contests despite not being on ballot
Nearly ten months into President Donald Trump's second term in the White House, voters in contests from coast-to-coast head to the polls on Tuesday in statewide and local elections.And the...
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Nearly ten months into President Donald Trump' s second term in the White House, voters in contests from coast-to-coast head to the polls on Tuesday in statewide and local elections. And the key showdowns, including gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, are viewed, in part, as the first major ballot box test of Trump's unprecedented and explosive second-term agenda. "FAILING TO VOTE TOMORROW IS THE SAME AS VOTING FOR A DEMOCRAT," the president charged in a social media post on Election Eve as he urged Republicans to head to the polls. Grabbing top billing are New Jersey and Virginia, the only two states to hold contests for governor in the year after a presidential election. Their gubernatorial races typically receive outsized national attention and are seen as a key barometer ahead of next year's midterms when the GOP will be defending its slim House and Senate majorities. TRUMP MAKES LAST MINUTE PITCH FOR REPUBLICANS ON EVE OF 2025 ELECTIONS Also in the political spotlight on Election Day 2025 is New York City's high-profile mayoral showdown, where 34-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani is on the verge of making history, the blockbuster ballot box proposition over congressional redistricting in California, the nation's most populous state and three state Supreme Court contests in battleground Pennsylvania. Here's what's at stake. Republican Jack Ciattarelli, who's making his third straight run for Garden State governor and who nearly upset Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy four years ago, is optimistic he can pull off a victory in blue-leaning New Jersey . In a state where registered Democrats still outnumber Republicans despite a GOP surge in registration this decade, Ciattarelli appeared to be closing the gap in recent weeks with Democratic rival Rep. Mikie Sherrill. TRUMP-BACKED CIATTARELLI GETS MAJOR SURPRISE ON ELECTION EVE While Democrats have long dominated federal and state legislative elections in New Jersey, Republicans are very competi…