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Democrats Abigail Spanberger in Richmond, Va., left, Zohran Mamdani in New York, centre, and Mikie Sherrill in East Brunswick, N.J.

The Democrats scored a rare political hat trick in important off-year elections Tuesday , but their shutout against Donald Trump’s Republicans doesn’t begin to address the party’s divisions, its aimlessness, and its powerlessness as it girds for next year’s vital midterm congressional elections.

Yes, the triumph of two moderate female gubernatorial candidates in large Eastern states does suggest a way forward for a wayward party –but they came in Democratic strongholds that Mr. Trump in three tries has never conquered.

Even so, by emphasizing economic issues at a time when affordability of vital consumer goods is the pre-eminent issue in the Uni

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