Democrat chasm clear as Virginia governor hopeful

A chasm in the Democratic Party is clear in two important races on Election Day.

The message from Democrat Abigail Spanberger, the favourite to change into governor in Virginia, to Zohran Mamdani, New York‘s mayoral frontrunner: do not overpromise.

Spanberger, a former CIA officer, told GWN she believes there may be a stage of dishonesty in some of the marketing campaign pledges Mamdani is making – and fears these might harm the Democrats in the long-run.

The 46-year-old’s response to not campaigning on a Mamdani-style proposal for government-run grocery shops: “I couldn’t ever pass it.”

“People do want us to be aspirational and dream big. They also don’t want us to lie to them,” she said, blasting his marketing campaign method. “When you have a party that makes promise after promise, and then say, ‘Oh, we passed it in the House, it’s not our fault’ — vulnerable people believed you. Maybe he is going to get Albany on board with totally refinancing public transportation. But there’s a lot of people who believe him.”

The Virginia governor race might show key

Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, a staunch conservative who serves as Virginia’s lieutenant governor, and Spanberger, a center-left Democrat who helped her occasion win a House majority during Trump’s first presidency, are vying to change into the first-ever girl to lead the commonwealth. Earle-Sears also would make historical past as the first Black girl elected governor in any state.

The race to exchange term-limited Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has taken on national dimensions from the start, serving as a testing ground for both events one yr forward of national midterm elections that might redirect the nation’s course for the steadiness of Trump’s second time period. It comes as the state Trump misplaced in three successive presidential contests has been strained by many of his insurance policies, notably the steep cuts to the civil service and the continued authorities shutdown.

For Republicans, Earle-Sears will show whether or not a candidate in Trump’s basic mildew — though notably without his full-throated help — can win in a battleground state. For Democrats, Spanberger will signal whether or not the same center-left method that labored across the nation in the 2018 midterms is the reply in 2026, when the occasion’s vitality has been centered on its progressive base.

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How issues stand in New York

New York City’s voters are deciding the result of a generational and ideological divide that will resonate across the nation Tuesday as they select the next mayor to run the nation’s largest metropolis.

Zohran Mamdani, who received the Democratic main earlier this yr, faces former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is working as an unbiased, and perennial Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, who is making an attempt to land a huge upset.

A victory for Mamdani would give town its first Muslim mayor and its youngest chief in generations, while elevating the democratic socialist to political stardom and giving his model of financial populism one of the most seen political perches in America.

The race has made Mamdani a national determine as he has drawn the ire of Trump and other Republicans, who have tried to solid him as the face of a new, more radical Democratic Party. Trump has also threatened to take over town if Mamdani wins, as effectively as arrest and deport the state Assembly member, who was born in Uganda but is a U.S. citizen.