See the live race results in the major races in the 2025 elections, including New York City mayor and the Virginia and New Jersey races for governor.

Elections in New Jersey, Virginia, California and elsewhere are the first big opportunity since Trump's 2024 victory to gauge voter sentiment.

The Lieutenant Governor thanked her supporters and God 'for this journey' and said she's willing to volunteer and help winner Spanberger. (AP Video by Kristin Hall)

Results timing: In 2024, 87 percent of votes were reported by midnight on election night, and 96 percent were reported by noon the next day. A small share of voters cast ballots by mail, which must be postmarked by Election Day and arrive within three days.

Election Day is here in Virginia. At stake Tuesday is control of the top three statewide offices of governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general; the General Assembly’s House of Delegates; and constitutional offices in cities across the commonwealth. Results will update below.

Spanberger becomes the state’s first female governor. She beat Republican opponent Winsome Earle-Sears, the state’s lieutenant-governor, 54.9 per cent to 44.9 per cent with 35 per cent of the vote counted, according to the AP.

In Virginia, voters have a mix of local concerns and national topics on their minds. One October survey from the Wason Center for Civic Leadership at Christopher Newport University found that likely voters were in particular thinking about democracy,

See the live race results in the major races in the 2025 elections, including New York City mayor and the Virginia and New Jersey races for governor.

Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat and former Virginia congresswoman, has for months been favored over her Republican opponent, Winsome Earle-Sears, the current lieutenant governor. But a texting scandal involving the Democratic candidate for attorney general has added a degree of unpredictability in the race’s final weeks. See the latest polls.

High-profile races are unfolding across the country on Tuesday, including New York City's mayoral election and governor's races in New Jersey and Virginia.In California, voters will consider a ballot measure that puts forth a redrawn congressional map that could net Democrats five House seats.