Category: 2025 elections
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Georgia House seat is the eighth to change partisan control in state legislative special elections this year
Georgia Democrat Eric Gisler won the special election for state House District 121, gaining partisan control of the seat from Republicans. According to CNN’s Ethan Cohen, President Donald Trump (R) won the district by a 12-point margin in the 2024 presidential election. Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin said, “Fresh off the resounding victories in…
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Incumbent Tim Keller defeated Darren White in the general election runoff for mayor of Albuquerque
Incumbent Mayor Tim Keller defeated Darren White to win the nonpartisan election for mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in a Dec. 9, 2025, runoff. Keller earned 58.4% of the vote, and White earned 41.6% in the runoff. The two candidates advanced to the runoff after Keller earned 36.6% of the vote in the general election,…
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Partisan control shifted 10 percentage points toward Democrats in the 2025 state legislative elections
As a result of the Nov. 4, 2025, elections, the partisan composition of the 180 state legislative seats up for election changed by 10 percentage points. That is compared to a one percentage point shift following the 2023 elections. Democrats had a net gain of 18 seats, representing 10% of the 180 seats, and Republicans…
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Trump has issued a total of 196 midterm endorsements so far
As of Dec. 8, 2025, President Donald Trump has issued a total of 196 endorsements in 2026 primary races. Ninety-four percent (184) of these endorsements are for incumbent Republican officeholders, 5% (10) are for Republican candidates running in open races, and only 1% (2) are for Republican candidates running to challenge an incumbent. Trump has…
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Election results from Dec. 2, 2025
On Dec. 2, 2025, elections were held in six states for 17 offices. The following states held elections: Georgia, Maine, Mississippi, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Tennessee. Georgia: In Georgia, elections took place for the Georgia House of Representatives, Atlanta City Council, and Atlanta Public Schools school board. In the special general election runoff for…
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Seventeen Republican incumbents lost in the 2025 state legislative general elections
Seventeen incumbents—all Republicans—lost in the 2025 state legislative elections in New Jersey and Virginia. That’s the most general election incumbent defeats in an odd year since 21 were defeated in 2011. Twelve Republican incumbents lost re-election in Virginia, where Democrats expanded their majority by 13 seats, going from 51 to 64 seats in the 100-member…
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Matt Van Epps (R) won the special election for Tennessee's 7th Congressional District
Matt Van Epps (R) won the special election for Tennessee's 7th Congressional District on December 2, 2025. Van Epps received 53.8% of the vote to Aftyn Behn's (D) 45.2%. Van Epps, Behn, and four independent candidates ran in the election. The special election filled the vacancy created when the former incumbent, Rep. Mark Green (R),…
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Democrats gained two state financial offices as a result of the 2025 elections
In the 2025 elections, there were zero directly elected state financial officers up for election. However, as a result of the gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, Democrats are likely to gain two offices, both in Virginia, as Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger (D) will appoint replacements for Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R) appointees. State financial officers…
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After tie vote, Society Hill, S.C., to hold second mayoral runoff on Dec. 2
Voters in Society Hill, S.C.—a town of roughly 500 people in the northern part of the state—will return to the polls for the third time in one month on Dec. 2, to decide the outcome of their mayoral race after two rounds of runoffs. Cecil Graham and Councilmember Kevin Long appeared on the ballot in…
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James McGreevey and James Solomon are running in the runoff election for mayor of Jersey City on Dec. 2
James McGreevey and James Solomon are running in the nonpartisan runoff general election for mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey on Dec. 2, 2025. Incumbent Mayor Steven Fulop chose to run in the Democratic primary for governor of New Jersey rather than seek a fourth term. McGreevey and Solomon advanced to the runoff after neither…