The magnitude and scope of Tuesday’s victories for Democrats were hard to ignore.
In Virginia, Democrats’ nominee for governor, Abigail Spanberger, won decisively by nearly 15 percentage points — the biggest win in a governor’s race in the state this century. The former congresswoman’s victory was sweeping, more than doubling Kamala Harris’ near 7-point victory there a year earlier.
In New Jersey, gubernatorial nominee Mikie Sherrill won easily despite polls showing a neck-and-neck contest, overcoming the blue state’s rightward shift during the 2024 election. And in Pennsylvania, three Democratic justices on the state Supreme Court easily won retention races by larger-than-expected margins.