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TODAY'S NUGGETS
🌊 A big blue wave. Less than a year into the second Trump administration, Democratic candidates from across the party’s ideological spectrum swept their races last night. Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani delivered an upset to New York City’s centrists, while conservative Democrats Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger secured their seats as the new governors of purple states New Jersey and Virginia, respectively (after adopting Mamdani’s messages of economic populism in their campaign’s final days). Democratic mayoral candidates also won in major cities in red states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Georgia, while Californians said yes to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D)’s proposed counter-gerrymandering redistricting plan.
