The 2025 off-year election features competitive gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, a high-profile New York City mayoral contest, and California’s Proposition 50.
The year after a presidential election is typically the low point when it comes to campaign trail action, but 2025 is not your typical off-year election.
Between competitive races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, a high-profile showdown for New York City mayor that’s grabbed plenty of national attention, and the Proposition 50 ballot initiative in California in the bitter battle between President Donald Trump and Republicans versus Democrats over congressional redistricting, 2025 has been a beehive of campaign activity.
