Daniel Nichanian, editor-in-chief of Bolts, gives an overview of Tuesday’s elections.
We get an overview of how Democrats won big across the United States in Tuesday’s elections, with Daniel Nichanian, editor-in-chief of Bolts. Democratic Congressmember Mikie Sherrill won New Jersey’s governor’s race, and Abigail Spanberger flipped Virginia’s governorship. In California, voters approved a new congressional map that could help Democrats pick up five additional congressional seats in a move to counter Texas’s redistricting plan. Local races across the countries also saw widespread Democratic wins. Nichanian says he has “never really quite seen this level of systematic win for pretty much anything that there was [for Democrats] to win.”
AMY GOODMAN: Tuesday’s general elections saw Democrats post big wins across the United States.
In California, voters passed Proposition 50, approving a new congressional map that could help Democrats pick up five additional congressional seats in the move to counter Texas’s redistricting effort to help Republicans gain five House seats.
In New Jersey, Democratic Congressmember Mikie Sherrill won the governor’s race, defeating Jack Ciattarelli.
In Virginia, Democrats reclaimed full control of the state’s executive branch, as Abigail Spanberger flipped the governorship, becoming Virginia’s first female governor. Virginia voters also chose Ghazala Hashmi to be Virginia’s lieutenant governor, making her the first Muslim woman elected to statewide office anywhere in the United States. Meanwhile, Democrat Jay Jones defeated Virginia’s incumbent Republican attorney general.
In Minneapolis, Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey led democratic socialist challenger Omar Fateh, but neither got more than 50% of the votes, so the race moves to a second round of ranked-choice voting.
And in Pennsylvania, Democrats retained control of the state Supreme Court, after three justices won their races.
For more, we go to Washington, D.C., where we’re joined by Daniel Nichanian, editor-in-chief of Bolts, who covered the general election closely.
We welcome you back to Democracy Now! Daniel Nichanian, start off by just talking about the national picture.
DANIEL NICHANIAN: Well, thank you for having me.
And, you know, it was really — there’s no other way to put it — an epic night for Democrats last night. I’ve been following election nights for a long time, and I’ve never really quite seen this level of systematic win for pretty much anything that there was to win between the parties for a Democratic candidate. You already named a lot of the big picture races, but it was — pretty much anywhere that there was an election yesterday, there was just a small earthquake or a big earthquake in favor of Democrats.
So, let me give you just one big picture example, that there were 13 statewide races yesterday for statewide office.
