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EXTRA Edition: 2025 USA Election and Analysis

EXTRA Edition: 2025 USA Election and Analysis

Anna Hudak
November 05, 2025

Top Stories

Advocate: This small Pennsylvania town just elected the state's first-ever out transgender mayor

Michigan Advance: Mary Sheffield makes history: Detroit elects first woman mayor

Spectrum News: Portland voters approve minimum wage hike

The Associated Press: Maine rejects sweeping voter ID requirements while Texas passes amendment to enshrine ban on noncitizens voting

The Press Democrat: Proposition 50 passes in landslide victory for Newsom and California Democrats

X: Omar Fateh concedes Minneapolis Mayor election

World Socialist Web Site: In rebuke to Trump’s fascism, Mamdani elected mayor of New York City, Democrats sweep governor races

BONUS: Mamdani’s Victory Speech

Other Results

Alabama Reflector: Democrats appear to gain three seats in Mississippi Legislature

Colorado Newsline: Colorado voters approve boost to free school meals program

Colorado Newsline: Denver voters on track to approve $1 billion bond package, keep flavored tobacco ban

Georgia Recorder: Democrats flip two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission

Iowa Capital Dispatch: Voters approve Des Moines’ $265 million school bond referendum

Minnesota Reformer: Rep. Kaohly Her wins stunning upset in St. Paul mayoral race, making history

Missouri Independent: Missouri voters approve four-day school week in two districts, showing rising support

New Jersey Monitor: Atlantic City mayor, facing child abuse charges, wins reelection

New Jersey Monitor: Democrats win Monmouth County Assembly race

Pennsylvania Capital-Star: Pa. justices win retention for 10-year terms on state Supreme Court

Rhode Island Current: Jill Davidson is top vote-getter in the Providence City Council Ward 2 Democratic primary

South Carolina Daily Gazette: Midlands pastor likely to succeed ex-Rep. RJ May

The Associated Press: Maine voters approve red flag gun law after mass shooting that killed 18

The Minnesota Star Tribune: Minneapolis City Council progressives hang onto majority

The Texas Tribune: All 17 Texas Constitutional amendments pass

The Texas Tribune: Menefee, Edwards advance to runoff in special election for Houston congressional seat

Virginia Mercury: Blue wave rebuilds the House: Democrats soar to at least 64 seats in Virginia

Virginia Mercury: Northumberland school board referendum dies, board remains elected

WANE: Voters reject NACS referendum, unofficial results show

WVXU: Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval cruises to an easy win over Cory Bowman

Hashmi is the first Muslim woman elected to a statewide office *ever* in US history
— Grace Panetta (@grace_panetta)
12:32 AM • Nov 5, 2025

Decision Desk HQ projects Jay Jones to win the Virginia Attorney General election.
#DecisionMade: 8:26 pm ET
Follow live results on our website.
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ)
1:27 AM • Nov 5, 2025

Analysis

Erin in the Morning: "A Stunning Rebuke Of Anti-Trans Politics"—Dems Win Elections Nationwide Despite Anti-Trans Ads

Ken Klippenstein: Mamdani's Magic

Liberation: PSL Statement: Mamdani’s victory and the movement for socialism

Mother Jones: Zohran Mamdani Drags the Democratic Party Into the Future

New Means: Zohran Mamdani and the Politics of Every Day

The People’s Line: Trump economy drives working class to Spanberger

The Verge: Zohran Mamdani won because he knew when to be online — and when not to

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