Democrats won a series of races in predominantly blue states on Nov. 4 during an off-year election marked by a government shutdown, a Democratic mayoral showdown, and controversial redistricting efforts.
The biggest news is the strong voter turnout that put relative newcomer and self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani into the mayor’s office in New York City. He defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat who ran as an independent.
