Nearly one year since Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, Americans' concerns and anxieties about high bills, inflation and the cost of living that helped propel him back to the White House now loom over the upcoming elections in New Jersey and Virginia.

Former President Barack Obama headlined a get-out-the-vote rally for Mikie Sherrill, Democratic candidate for NJ governor.

A new Emerson College Polling survey of likely voters finds Democrat Mikie Sherrill narrowly leading Republican Jack Ciattarelli 49% to 48%, with 2% still undecided.

Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, a Democrat, posted Saturday on X that New Jersey may experience an upset in its gubernatorial election and Republican Jack Ciattarelli could win. “NJ may actually have an upset.

Once hailed as “majority makers,” Democrats who won in 2018 have risen up the ranks and are aiming for a spot on the national ticket.