November 3, 2025 - Election Day 2025 is nearly here, with Trump on Monday night scheduled to phone into rallies of voters in the two gubernatorial contests that will test his influence nine months into his second term. Virginia will get its first female governor no matter who wins in the contest between Democratic former Rep. Abigail Spanberger and Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears. The New Jersey race pits Democratic Rep.

October 30, 2025 - In Virginia, 55% favor Spanberger, 41% Earle-Sears, and 4% are undecided. In New Jersey, Democrat Mikie Sherrill holds a 51% to 42% lead over Republican Jack Ciattarelli, with 1% favoring other candidates and 5% undecided.

November 4, 2025 - Polling is giving observers a clearer picture of what to expect on Election Day as voters cast their ballots. Key elections in Virginia, New Jersey, New York City and California could hold big impl…

July 9, 2025 - Virginia and New Jersey hold gubernatorial elections in November with open seats in both states, representing the primary off-year elections that often serve as political bellwethers for the following year's larger election cycles.

November 1, 2025 - Why it matters: The White House knows it's much harder to turn out pro-Trump voters and other Republicans when Trump himself isn't on the ballot. The Trump operation views Tuesday's races as tough, but also a lab to determine how to turn out voters heading into 2026. "Virginia has always been an incubator for testing tactics for the midterm election," a Trump adviser told Axios. In New Jersey, the total now invested far surpasses what the Trump operation spent eight years ago, when the pro-Trump forces essentially abandoned the state toward the end of the campaign, Republicans say.

November 3, 2025 - Early voting data suggests that Democratic candidates for governor in New Jersey and Virginia are heading into the final weekend in a slightly stronger position than Kamala Harris was at the same time last year.

November 3, 2025 - This page covers many of the high-profile races on Election Day, Tuesday November 4. Use the links above for full results. Voters in New Jersey and Virginia will elect new governors as both incumbents are term-limited.

2 weeks ago - Gubernatorial elections were held in the United States on November 4, 2025, in New Jersey and Virginia. Both states had last elected governors in 2021, with both incumbents being ineligible to seek re-election due to term limits in their respective ...

November 3, 2025 - Kamala Harris’s victory by less than 6 points was the closest result in New Jersey since 1992 and 10 points worse than Joe Biden’s showing in 2020. Was that a fluke or the start of something bigger? Trump flipped five counties outright from 2020 to 2024 and in several others saw huge gains, particularly in the New York and Philadelphia suburbs. We shouldn’t compare Republican gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli to Trump’s performance in these places. The electorates are dramatically different.

November 19, 2025 - Mikie Sherrill was elected New Jersey governor on Tuesday over Republican Jack Ciattarelli, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump. WATCH: A look at the New Jersey governor’s race and its national implications

November 5, 2025 - Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral contest in New York City, Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill were elected governor in Virginia and New Jersey, respectively, and early results indicated that Prop.

September 12, 2025 - Both New Jersey and Virginia will hold gubernatorial elections in 2025.

3 weeks ago - — In Virginia, Democrats were underestimated in all three statewide races, and polling conducted prior to Attorney General-elect Jay Jones’s (D) violent text message scandal better reflected the actual margin than polls conducted after. — In New Jersey, Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill (D) eclipsed Jack Ciattarelli (R) and outperformed the average of final polls by double-digits.

November 5, 2025 - Just one year after President Donald Trump and Republicans’ victories nationwide, the Democratic backlash has arrived in Tuesday’s elections. Democrats won both gubernatorial races on the ballot, in Virginia and New Jersey — that was expected. ...

November 5, 2025 - Democratic candidates swept to victory in closely watched elections in New York City, New Jersey and Virginia on Tuesday night.

2 weeks ago - After filing closed last week, Randolph Mayor Joe Hathaway has the GOP contest to himself, but the Democratic primary will be highly competitive, as the field contains more than a dozen contenders. We are rating the special election as Safe Democratic. ... Democrats were underestimated in New Jersey and Virginia, while two-way polls in New York City anticipated what might happen if the non-Mamdani vote consolidated.

2 weeks ago - Voters who backed Donald Trump in 2024 and swung to Democrats in this year's Virginia and New Jersey elections did so over economic concerns, according to focus groups conducted by a Democratic pollster and obtained by POLITICO.

November 5, 2025 - Spanberger and Sherrill, the governors-elect from Virginia and New Jersey respectively, both won Latinos by 2-to-1 margins, according to the exit polls.

November 6, 2025 - The president called Tuesday night's election results "interesting" and "we learned a lot." "Last night, it was, you know, not expected to be a victory," he said. "It was very Democrat areas. But I don't think it was good for Republicans. I'm not sure it was good for anybody. But we had an interesting evening and we learned a lot." ... The Democratic gubernatorial candidates in Virginia and New Jersey could be on track for decisive victories, just one year after both states moved closer to the GOP.

November 5, 2025 - In New York City, Zohran Mamdani, ... and New Jersey, moderate Democrats Abigail Spanberger, 46, and Mikie Sherrill, 53, won their elections for governor with commanding leads, respectively....