Democrats Cast Election Night as a Comeback

Party leaders tout wins from New York to Virginia as Republicans say results in blue states aren’t surprising.

Democrats (Left) Abigail Spanberger (gubernatorial race, Virginia); (Center) Zohran Mamdani (mayoral race, New York City), and (Right) Mikie Sherrill (gubernatorial race, New Jersey), won key elections on Nov. 4, 2025. Getty Images

Democratic leaders suggested that a string of election-night victories was evidence of a political resurgence headed into the 2026 midterms, pointing to wins in New York City, Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Maine, and California.

“American voters just delivered a Democratic resurgence. A Republican reckoning. A Blue Sweep,” Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin said in a statement celebrating results across multiple states. “We will earn every vote. We will win.”