Election Day 2025: Live updates of the key races, storylines and ballot measures around the country
Former congresswoman Abigail Spanberger defeated Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, who was outraised by the Democrat and failed to earn the endorsement of President Donald Trump.
The win flips control of the commonwealth’s governor’s mansion. While local issues and the biographies of the candidates played a strong role in the race, the results also reflect a contest where Trump’s presence loomed.
Virginia has a concentration of federal workers in the north and has deeply felt both the impact of the president cutting the workforce and of the government shutdown.
Virginia was one of two states, along with New Jersey, where voters were picking a governor on Tuesday. Voters were also selecting a new mayor in New York City, and in California, were deciding whether to approve a new congressional map that is designed to help Democrats win five more U.S. House seats in next year’s midterm elections.
Here are the latest time-stamped updates from Election Day 2025 (ET):
9:30 p.m.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill has won New Jersey's gubernatorial election, defeating Trump-backed Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli, the AP projects.
9 p.m.
Polls have closed in New York. Results will start coming in for the closely-watched mayoral race in New York City.
8:50 p.m.
Democrat Corey O’Connor has won the election for mayor of Pittsburgh, according to AP.
The Allegheny County controller defeated Republican nominee Tony Moreno.
O’Connor defeated incumbent Mayor Ed Gainey in the Democratic primary earlier this year. He is the son of former Pittsburgh Mayor Bob O’Connor.
8:45 p.m.
Democrat Ghazala Hashmi has won the lieutenant governor’s race in Virginia.
Hashmi defeated Republican John Reid.
Hashmi is currently a state senator representing a district south of Richmond. Prior to that, she worked as a college professor in Virginia. She entered politics in 2019 by flipping a Republican-held state Senate seat and went on to win a crowded Democratic primary for lieutenant governor in June.
She is the first Indian American and first Muslim to win statewide office in Virginia.
8:15 p.m.
Results for two high-profile mayoral races have come in.
According to AP, Democrat Aftab Pureval has won the Cincinnati mayoral election over Cory Bowman, who is the half-brother of Vice President JD Vance.
And in Atlanta, Democrat Andre Dickens won reelection over three challengers.
8:05 p.m.
Polls have closed in most of New Jersey, except for Passaic County, where Democrats filed a lawsuit to keep them open one hour longer because of unfounded bomb threats earlier in the day.
U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat in her fourth term in Congress, would become the state’s second female governor if elected. Meanwhile, Jack Ciattarelli, a former state legislator backed by Trump, is trying to oust Democrats from the governor’s office.
A win for the Democrats would make this the first time in more than six decades that either major party has achieved a three-peat. Passaic County was one of several New Jersey counties subject to a bomb threat earlier Tuesday and is the lone county in the state where the Department of Justice deployed election monitors. It’s also a pivotal swing county that has favored Democrats for years but has been trending toward Republicans.
Video below: Democratic New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill enters a voting site in Montclair, NJ
8 p.m.
Democrat Abigail Spanberger has won Virginia's gubernatorial election, becoming the first female governor in the commonwealth's history, according to AP projections.
Spanberger, a former congresswoman and CIA case officer, defeated Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears.
Spanberger ran a mostly moderate campaign, offering a model for Democrats who want the party anchored by center-left candidates.
Spanberger tied Earle-Sears to President Donald Trump but kept her arguments mostly on Trump’s economic policy and her support for abortion rights.
Notably, Trump did not endorse Earle-Sears.
7:30 p.m.
Economic worries were the dominant concern as voters cast ballots for Tuesday’s elections, according to preliminary findings from the AP Voter Poll.
The results of the expansive survey of more than 17,000 voters in New Jersey, Virginia, California and New York City suggest they are troubled by an economy that seems trapped by higher prices and fewer job opportunities.
The economic challenges have played out in different ways at the local level. Most New Jersey voters said property taxes were a “major problem,” while most New York City voters said this about the cost of housing. Most Virginia voters said they’ve felt at least some impact from the recent federal government cuts.
7 p.m.
Polling locations have closed in Virginia.
Polls across the commonwealth's counties and cities were open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters in line at a polling place at 7 p.m. can still cast ballots.
Virginia voters are choosing a new governor and lieutenant governor. They’re also deciding whether Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares should get another term or if Democratic challenger Jay Jones should replace him. All 100 seats in the House of Delegates are also up for election.
There are well over 6 million registered voters in Virginia. The last time these statewide races were on the ballot in 2021, overall voter turnout was 55%.
This year, nearly 1.5 million people have cast absentee ballots, mostly through the mail or in person.
Video below: Spanberger makes last push before Tuesday's election for VA governor
6:55 p.m.
New York City’s Board of Elections released another turnout update Tuesday evening.
As of 6 p.m., 1.7 million people have voted in the mayoral election.
That’s the biggest turnout in a New York City mayoral election in at least 30 years. Just under 1.9 million people voted in the 1993 race, when Republican Rudy Giuliani ousted Mayor David Dinkins, a Democrat.
6:45 p.m.
Here is when polls close in states with key races.
New York: 9 p.m.
New Jersey: 8 p.m.
Virginia: 7 p.m.
California: 11 p.m. (8 p.m. PT)
6:30 p.m.
It’s not a presidential election year or even the midterms, but the stakes for Election Day 2025 remain undeniably high, with outcomes that could leave a lasting impact on the nation’s direction.
Will California redefine the congressional landscape ahead of 2026? Could New York City elect a democratic socialist as its next mayor? And how will the perception of the Trump administration impact critical gubernatorial contests in New Jersey and Virginia?
This week holds the answers to those pressing questions. Here’s what you need to know before the results start rolling in Tuesday night.
