Tomorrow, voters decide their political fates: In New York City, voters will choose between democratic socialist up-and-comer Zohran Mamdani, Republican Curtis Sliwa, and Democrat—but technically independent, because he lost the primary to Mamdani—Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as governor amid scandals in 2021. Mamdani is expected to win, and then fresh hell will be unleashed.
In New Jersey, U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat, has a slight lead in the race for governor. She is a mother, former naval officer, and former federal prosecutor, and she has promised to declare a Day 1 emergency to address rising utility costs in the state (which has become a rather important issue in that race). Her Republican opponent is Jack Ciattarelli. Jersey tends to do a lot of political party flip-flopping based off of who is in the White House; if Sherrill wins, "it would be the first time the state's voters have elected governors from the same party for three consecutive terms since the 1960s," reports The New York Times. To put the race in simplest possible terms: Both candidates have been rather focused on cost of living issues, and Ciattarelli has been trying to build off national Republicans' recent successes with black and Latino voters. It will be interesting to see who wins out.
