Democrats have racked up election wins across America – but they would do well not to misread the results

Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York and gubernatorial wins in Virginia and New Jersey have given Democrats a night better than they dared hope for

America gave Donald Trump a bloody nose.

On the first big election night since Trump swept back into power, the results were better than Democrats could have dared hope.

Zohran Mamdani stormed to a convincing victory over the Trump-endorsed Andrew Cuomo in the race for mayor of New York, America’s biggest city.

Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger won the governors’ races in New Jersey and Virginia by double digit percentages, far outpacing Kamala Harris’s performance against Trump a year ago this week. It marks the first time that Democrats have won three consecutive gubernatorial elections in New Jersey since 1961.