Democrats won a series of races in predominantly blue states during an off-year election marked by a government shutdown, a Democratic mayoral showdown, and controversial redistricting efforts. The biggest news was the strong voter turnout that put relative newcomer and progressive Democrat Zohran Mamdani into the mayor’s office in New York City, defeating former New
The U.S. Capitol building during the 34th day of the goverment shutdown in Washington on Nov. 3, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—The current lapse in government funding is now the longest in American history. At 36 days as of Nov. 5, the ongoing shutdown has surpassed a record set during the first Trump administration.
Californians line up to vote in the special election on Proposition 50, a congressional redistricting plan, at the California Museum in Sacramento, Calif., on Nov. 4, 2025. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Californians approved a ballot measure to redraw the state’s Congressional map that could give Democrats five additional seats in the U.S. House of
Voters turn out in droves at the West Gray Multiservice Center in Houston, Texas, on Nov. 4, 2025. Darlene McCormick Sanchez/The Epoch Times Texas voters approved several key constitutional amendments that ban noncitizens from voting, codify parental rights, and protect future generations from an inheritance tax. The three propositions—16, 15, and 8—were part of 17
A poster urging voters to vote “yes” to retain Pennsylvania state court judges and justices, placed outside the Green Tree Borough Municipal Center in Green Tree, Pa., on Nov. 4, 2025. Ryan Morgan/The Epoch Times PITTSBURGH—Pennsylvania voters have decided to retain three of their state Supreme Court justices for another decade, after an unusually contentious
Democratic candidate for Virginia attorney general Jay Jones participates in the debate with Republican incumbent Jason Miyares in Richmond, Va., on Oct. 16, 2025. Mike Kropf/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP, Pool MANASSAS, Va.—Former Virginia state Delegate Jay Jones won the Nov. 4 race for Virginia’s top prosecutor, knocking off incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares. We had
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attends a campaign event at Dutch Kills Playground in the Astoria neighborhood of the Queens borough in New York City on Nov. 3, 2025. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images NEW YORK CITY—Self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani has been elected to serve as the next mayor of New York City,