Jay Jones faced calls to drop out of the race in September after violent text messages he sent in 2022 resurfaced.

Abigail Spanberger’s comfortable win in the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday, and Mikie Sherrill’s in New Jersey, gave Democrats their biggest electoral triumphs since Trump’s return to power.

Democrats maintained control of the state’s House of Delegates, keeping alive their path to redrawing the state’s congressional districts before the midterms.

Former Representative Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, defeated Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, a Republican, in Virginia’s gubernatorial race, bringing the governorship back into Democratic control. Both CNN and NBC called the race just before 8 p.m. ET.

Despite years of voter suppression efforts by the state’s Republican Party, Virginians have spoken: It’s time for GOP gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears to “go somewhere and sit down.”

New Yorkers weigh in a mayoral race that has garnered national attention, while Virginia and New Jersey choose new governors.

Virginia voters who do not view either major party favorably tended to support Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger in the contest.

Lawmakers passed a constitutional amendment that would allow them to bypass the state's bipartisan redistricting commission before the midterm elections.