Tuesday’s election results dealt Democrats what was almost universally perceived as a bad hand, with Republicans winning a marquee governor’s race in Virginia and coming close in a New Jersey gubernatorial contest that no one anticipated being close.
Republican Glenn Youngkin won the Virginia governor s race, and his party looks likely to sweep the lieutenant governor and attorney general races in what would be a chastening defeat for Democrats.
Despite support from two nationally known progressives, the party’s far-left mayoral nominee in Buffalo, New York, was trailing early Wednesday – lagging behind the incumbent mayor she defeated in a primary earlier this year.