Democrats swept Tuesday’s off year elections largely on an anti-President Donald Trump message, but any Democrat looking for a clear path to winning the 2026 midterms left the night frustrated at the diverse and sometimes conflicting political messages coming from the various candidates.

New York City elected its first Democratic socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani. While Virginia elected its first female governor, moderate Abigail Spanberger, who once told her party in 2020 to “never” use the words “socialism or socialist” ever again .

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