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There’s plenty on the line on Election Day 2025, with the top ballot box contests viewed as crucial barometers ahead of the battle for Congress in next year’s midterm elections.
Bragging rights and political momentum are at stake for Democrats and Republicans as two states will choose new governors, while the nation’s most populous city will vote for a new mayor in a high-profile showdown.
And California, the country’s most populous state, will decide whether to jump into the bitter battle over congressional redistricting that’s pitting President Donald Trump and the GOP against the Democrats.
But this year’s elections could also be one for the record books, as a handful of top candidates aim to make history.
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Zohran Mamdani
New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani speaks during an interview on “The Story with Martha MacCallum” on Fox News on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in New York City. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
The 34-year-old democratic socialist state lawmaker from the New York City borough of Queens shocked the political world in June with his convincing win over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and nine other candidates to capture the Democratic Party’s mayoral nomination.
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Now Mamdani, the Ugandan-born frontrunner in the New York City mayoral race, could make history as the city’s first Muslim and first millennial mayor.
Winsome Earle-Sears
Winsome Earle-Sears, the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Virginia, is seen during a campaign event at the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department in Vienna, Virginia, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. (Al Drago/Getty Images)
Virginia’s Republican nominee for governor made history four years ago when she won election as the state’s first female lieutenant governor.
Earle-Sears, who was born in the Caribbean island nation of Jamaica and immigrated to the U.S….
