An attendee holds a "Vote" sign during a campaign event for former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Virginia, in Norfolk on November 1. Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Elections in multiple states on Tuesday are set to gauge how voters feel in the first year of Donald Trump’s second presidency — and whether Democrats have improved their standing with the midterm elections just one year away.

Voters will choose new governors in Virginia, where the ongoing shutdown and Trump’s efforts to remake the government have affected hundreds of thousands of federal workers, and New Jersey, where increasing taxes and utility costs have placed affordability at the center of a competitive race.

In New York City, the Democratic primary winner, Zohran Mamdani ,

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