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

Voters in states across the country head to the ballot box in the first election since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

(Reuters) -Voters in New Jersey and Virginia will choose their next governors on Tuesday in a pair of races that will serve as an early gauge of the American electorate's response to President Donald Trump's norm-shattering nine months in office.

Watch live coverage of the NYC, Virginia and New Jersey elections, as well as California's Proposition 50 ballot measure.

The four elections that Trump targeted on social media broke handily for the Democrats, the first major political blow to the president since he reclaimed the Oval Office last year.

Democrat Abigail Spanberger points out at the crowd after she was declared the winner of the Virginia governor's race during an election night watch party Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) RICHMOND,

Tuesday night was a far cry from the shell-shocked scenes in Democrats' election headquarters a year ago this November. In three key races, for Virginia governor, New Jersey governor and New York City mayor,