The mayor’s race in New York will gauge voters’ desire for a left-wing shift, and Democrats running for governor in New Jersey and Virginia again made fighting the president central to their bids.

Voters in New Jersey and Virginia will choose their next governors on Tuesday in a pair of races that will serve as an early gauge of the American electorate's response to President Donald Trump's norm-shattering nine months in office.

The election is widely seen as a test for the future of the Democratic Party — even with Andrew Cuomo running as an independent.

President Trump also threatened to withhold federal funds from New York if Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, wins Tuesday's election.

GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik plans to launch a bid for New York governor in November and has hired a number of key senior aides, a source familiar with the planning told CNN.

A Zohran Mamdani general election victory over Cuomo would put democratic socialism on the map in nation's largest city mayoral election, and beyond.

It's Election Day in New Jersey, and polls show Democratic nominee Mikie Sherrill and Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli in a neck-and-neck race for the state's next governor.

Jack Ciattarelli, a former state legislator endorsed by President Donald Trump, is trying to become New Jersey’s first Republican governor since 2018. He faces U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat in her fourth term in Congress who would become the state’s second female governor if elected.