This week’s elections in New York , Virginia and New Jersey were a triumph for the Democrats, who had been in the doldrums since Donald Trump regained the presidency. Their heads are now up. Hope is a powerful drug.

But the real shocker was how thoroughly the Republicans were routed. The voters mutinied against their Maga overlords in every corner of the US where they had the chance to vote. No Republican dared to claim the elections were “stolen” – Trump’s lame excuse in 2020 – because the winning margins were too big to rig.

In New York, the leftwing populist Zohran Mamdani, 34, won the battle for mayor by nine points. In New Jersey, Mikie Sherrill, a former Navy pilot, beat her opponent for governor by 13 points. Former CIA officer Abigail Spanberger became the first woman gover

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