Did Prop. 50 pass in California? Who won the governor race in New Jersey? See results and analysis as Democrats sweep off-year elections.

Democrats saw major wins in Tuesday’s elections, from California’s redistricting ballot measure to gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey and the mayoral race in New York City. We discuss what the results say about the future of the Democratic Party and to what extent the wins reflect a referendum on President Trump.

The stakes, the players and the gerrymandering math behind Proposition 50, Gavin Newsom's bid to thwart Donald Trump.

Prop. 50 is a constitutional amendment that would allow the nation’s most populous state to temporarily stop using a nonpartisan commission to draw congressional district boundaries.

The most critical win for Democrats' House hopes came in California on Tuesday, when voters approved a ballot measure to allow state lawmakers to adopt a new congressional map that could net the party as many as five new seats, offsetting a comparable move in Texas to benefit Republicans in a nationwide battle over redistricting.

Democrats won handily in Tuesday’s elections nationwide, with Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor of New York City and Democratic candidates emerging victorious in New Jersey and Virginia.

Democrat Ghazala Hashmi is projected to win the Virginia lieutenant governor's race, becoming the first Muslim women ever elected to statewide office in the country. She defeated Republican John Reid, a conservative talk radio host and founder of the cultural heritage organization The Virginia Council.

Gov. Gavin Newsom just celebrated a redistricting win in California that could blunt any GOP congressional gains in Texas in the 2026 midterm election.