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Democrats Score Biggest Wins Since Trump's Return
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5:09Now PlayingTerry Haines, Founder at Pangaea Policy, discusses Democrats' election night sweep.
Democrats registered their biggest political victories since their stinging loss to Donald Trump a year ago with a series of wins Tuesday night in Virginia, New Jersey, New York and California, as the party coalesced around a message of economic affordability and voters delivered a repudiation of the president.
Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey and Abigail Spanberger in Virginia both campaigned for governor on pocketbook issues — lowering costs, expanding child care and restoring stability after months of economic turbulence and a government shutdown that’s stretched past five weeks.
In New York City, Zohran Mamdani, a progressive Democrat who ran an insurgent campaign for mayor, won Tuesday after emphasizing the same message on the cost of living — tackling housing costs and widening inequality in the nation’s financial capital.
And in California, voters approved a ballot initiative that will redraw the state’s congressional district map to give Democrats the opportunity to win a handful of additional seats.
All four races were called soon after polls closed. Democrats also won competitive down-ballot races in Pennsylvania, where three Supreme Court justices won retention elections, and in Georgia, where two Democrats won seats on the state utility commission by campaigning on energy costs.
Taken together, the victories exhibit a semblance of Democrats at least recapturing some of their swagger and reconnecting with voters after Trump swept all of the electoral swing states a year ago while making inroads in traditional Democratic bastions. The so-called off-year contests are part referendum, part barometer, part guidepost and possibly part springboard.
“The story of the night is a repudiation of the president,” said Rahm Emanuel, the former Chicago mayor, White House chief of staff, and US ambassador to Japan. “Everywhere you’re going, Democrats are outperforming in that area.”
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