The First Big Elections of the New Trump Era Are Today. Here’s What to Look For.
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Voters on Tuesday will deliver an early judgment on President Trump’s administration in the first set of coast-to-coast elections since he began his turbulent second term.
Contests for mayor of New York, governor of New Jersey and Virginia, and a redistricting ballot measure in California have revolved to varying degrees around how the Democratic Party should rebuild itself and respond to Mr. Trump’s power play in Washington.
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