The Democratic brand, badly bruised in 2024 when voters handed Republicans a governing trifecta in Washington, snapped to life Tuesday as the party collected victories up and down the ballot across the country.

Democrats won governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey while bolstering their legislative majorities in both states. California Democrats decisively backed a redistricting ballot measure framed by Gov. Gavin Newsom as an unequivocal response to President Donald Trump’s “recklessness.”

“Republicans woke up this morning and realized that they are no longer in a 2024 electoral environment,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said at a Wednesday news conference. “That’s over.”

Democrats predict that the off-cycle election victories will provide a jolt of momentum as

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