Rep. Mikie Sherrill won the New Jersey governor’s race, NBC News projects, defeating Republican Jack Ciattarelli after a hard-fought contest in which President Donald Trump loomed over voters’ choice.

Decision Desk HQ projects Zohran Mamdani to win the New York City Mayor election.

Pennsylvania voters approved the retention of three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the battleground state’s high court.

In a city where change seems in the air, tonight’s mayoral outcome promises to recast City Hall’s priorities on affordability, public safety and housing.

Is New York ready to break from the past — or is this a reaffirmation of the status quo?

Polls close at 9 p.m. ET.

Decision Desk HQ projects Jay Jones (D) to win the Virginia Attorney General election.

With the Garden State’s governor’s race under the microscope, tonight’s results could reveal whether traditional partisan leanings hold or if a shift is under way.

How will every corner of New Jersey — from suburban towns to urban centers — respond?

Polls close at 8 p.m. ET.

Former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) was projected to defeat Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) in Virginia’s gubernatorial election on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, becoming the first woman to serve as governor of the commonwealth.

As Virginia’s turnout comes in, voters are electing not just a governor but making a statement about national momentum and state-level change.

What does the outcome tonight signal about the direction of the Commonwealth — and how might it shape the 2026 midterms?

Polls close at 7 p.m. ET. 

Nate Silver: “Cuomo simply doesn’t have any foundation of people voting for him for positive reasons. In last week’s Quinnipiac survey, for instance, which actually showed a slightly closer race than most, the only demographic group to give Cuomo a favorable rating above 50 percent was voters aged 65 and older, and then just barely at 51 percent (against 38 percent unfavorable).”

“Republicans don’t really have much basis to be comfortable with Cuomo; he governed as a fairly moderate but nevertheless partisan Democrat in his three terms (one truncated) as governor. But Cuomo also lost the Democratic nomination to Mamdani and is attacking Zohran from the right. Independents, meanwhile, have no particular reason to like someone who is such an avatar of the political establishment.”

“And every voter can object to the extensive list of sexual harassment accusations against Cuomo — although for whatever reason, a lot of polls show him doing better among women than among men.”

“Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the dean of New York’s congressional delegation and an avatar of old New York politics, made it to Election Day without endorsing Zohran Mamdani, the young Democratic nominee for mayor with leftist views,” the New York Times reports.

“Mr. Schumer, who voted early, was reticent on Tuesday to even say whom he cast his ballot for.”

“Voters are surging to the polls on Tuesday to elect a new mayor of New York as one of the city’s most closely watched elections in recent years draws to a close,” the New York Times reports.

“By noon, more people had already voted in this race than in the entire last mayor’s race, and polls will remain open until 9 p.m.”

Politico: Welcome to a high-drama, high-stakes Election Day in New York City.

New York City: Zohran Mamdani (D) has a 93% chance to win.

New Jersey: Mikie Sherrill (D) has a 83% chance to win.

Virginia: Abigail Spanberger (D) has a 98% chance to win.

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) claimed the 14th Amendment may give Congress the authority to ban Zohran Mamdani from office if he’s elected New York City mayor.

“When voters head to the polls on Tuesday, they will not just be picking a big-city mayor and two blue-state governors — they will be charting a course for the depleted Democratic Party,” Politico reports.

“And the margin of the expected victory will narrate the story.”

“Democrats are desperate to notch victories and emerge from their year in the political wilderness in their first major test of President Donald Trump’s second term. They’re betting on the strength of an economic message, pushed by two moderates with national security backgrounds who have hammered Trump on the trail, as well as the undisputed star of the cycle — democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, who has rallied progressives and first-time voters, while worrying wealthy donors and business leaders.”

Playbook: “Yes, it’s an off-year. Yes, 2026 is where the real action lies. But millions of Americans will wield their democratic rights today, and real power will change hands as a result. Sparkling political careers will be launched; others crushed into the dust. Runes will be read into next year’s midterms; wild judgments made about Donald Trump and the Democrats. And anyway — if you love politics, you love elections. And we’re all staying up late tonight.”

Virginia: Abigail Spanberger (D) leads Winsome Earle-Sears (R) by 11 percentage points in the governor’s race, 53% to 42%.

New Jersey: Mikie Sherrill (D) leads Jack Ciatarelli (R) by 6 percentage points in the governor’s race, 50% to 44%.

President Trump dropped a last-minute campaign warning, urging Americans to vote Republican in Virginia and New Jersey or ‘YOU WILL RUE THE DAY THAT YOU VOTED TO DESTROY YOUR LIFE.”

“In a record-setting early-voting period, more than 735,000 New Yorkers cast ballots in the race for the city’s next mayor, braving long, meandering lines outside polling stations,” the New York Times reports.

“More than a week of early voting ended with a surge, with about 151,000 people showing up on Sunday, the final day to vote before Election Day on Tuesday.”