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Bellwether elections with a year until midterms
Christa Case Bryant
This weekend鈥檚 New York City Marathon came down to a photo finish in the men鈥檚 race, with Kenyan Benson Kipruto edging out his compatriot by three-hundredths of a second. Tuesday鈥檚 mayoral race is unlikely to be that close, with democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani expected to win handily, Story Hinckley writes today.
Politicos will be watching other races around the country as bellwethers ahead of next year鈥檚 midterms. In Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections, two Democratic women are leading the charge: Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA operations officer, and former Navy helicopter pilot Mikie Sherrill, whose close race Cameron Joseph writes about today.
Both defeated Republicans to win a seat in Congress in 2018 and were part of a small cadre of military and intelligence agency veterans known for their pragmatic approach and willingness to work across the aisle.
