<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Voters have dealt a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/zohran-mamdani-elected-mayor-of-new-york-us-politics-live-updates-news/dfd58ac8-b087-4110-988a-2525164ed0df" rel="" target="" title="stinging rebuke to Donald Trump today"><span>stinging rebuke to Donald Trump today</span></a><span>, even though the president wasn't on the ballot.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In elections for major offices across the country, Democrats have defeated Republicans.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Democrats have made the unpopular president the centrepiece of their campaign, and it has paid off.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/zohran-mamdani-elected-mayor-of-new-york-us-politics-live-updates-news/dfd58ac8-b087-4110-988a-2525164ed0df" rel="" target="" title="Zohran Mamdani elected New York mayor"><strong><span>Zohran Mamdani elected New York mayor</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In Virginia, Democrat Abigail Spanberger won comfortably over Republican Winsome Earle-Sears - becoming that state's first female governor.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Tonight, we sent message," Spanberger said in her victory speech.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We sent a message to the whole world that in 2025 Virginia chose pragmatism over partisanship. We chose our Commonwealth over chaos."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/us-election-results-donald-trump-virginia-new-jersey-live-updates-usa/1d7a9c41-2a83-40fd-bdee-49a5f77ab307" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Meanwhile in New Jersey, Democrat Mikie Sherrill beat Republican Jack Ciattarelli for the governor's mansion.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>And despite Donald Trump's late endorsement of his opponent Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani has won comfortably in New York City.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 34-year-old is the youngest mayor in the city for more than a century, and the first Muslim elected to the top job.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Turnout in the Big Apple was the highest it has been since 1969, with a surprisingly high number of young voters casting a ballot.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Exit polling has confounded expectations after the 2024 results showed Hispanic, black and younger male voters turning conservative.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Those demographic groups have swung hard towards the Democrats.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In the race for mayor of Cincinnati, Democrat Aftab Pureval has absolutely trounced JD Vance's half-brother Cory Bowman.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>And while the race for Public Service Commissioner is hardly an event that draws voters to the polls in Georgia, the Democrats' comfortable win there will have Republicans anxious over what used to be one of their most reliable states.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Democrats haven't won an election for the role since 2006.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Tonight's results are a repudiation of the Trump agenda," Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The cruelty, chaos, and greed that define MAGA radicalism and are skyrocketing costs were firmly rejected by the American people."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-us-shared-values-under-donald-trump-only-8-per-cent-believe-it/98fae89f-9788-4ba5-ba0c-98d0e246d82c" rel="" target="" title="New poll spells out Australians' falling out with Trump's US"><strong><span>New poll spells out Australians' falling out with Trump's US</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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