Democrats win Virginia and New Jersey in early test of Trump’s second term
Written by stingfm on November 5, 2025
Moderate Democrats Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill cruised to comfortable victories in the Virginia and New Jersey governors’ elections on Tuesday, on an election night seen as a referendum on Donald Trump’s second presidential term.
Pitting centrist Democrats against Trump-aligned Republicans, both elections were seen as signaling whether middle-of-the-road voters had made peace with the president’s radical cost-slashing agenda – or plan to give his party a bloody nose in 2026.
Trump…
Pitting centrist Democrats against Trump-aligned Republicans, both elections were seen as signaling whether middle-of-the-road voters had made peace with the president’s radical cost-slashing agenda – or plan to give his party a bloody nose in 2026.
Trump…
