June’s primaries set the stage for the off-year’s marquee races. Two blue states where Donald Trump gained ground in 2024 will elect new governors — offering a potential preview of next year’s critical midterms. And New York City’s voters will choose a mayor to lead the nation’s largest city for the next four years. June 24 is the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City. The Virginia gubernatorial matchup was already set, but earlier in June, Democrats picked nominees for two statewide offices and both parties in New Jersey picked their nominees for governor.
New York City mayoral primary
Mamdani poised to win New York Democratic mayoral primary as Cuomo concedes
The Democratic primary for mayor of America’s largest city features Andrew Cuomo, attempting a political comeback four years after resigning as governor, and state Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist. Mayor Eric Adams, who was elected as a Democrat four years ago, is running as an independent after federal prosecutors dropped corruption charges against him. Curtis Sliwa is unopposed on the Republican side and will be the party’s nominee for the second election in a row. While Cuomo conceded the race to Mamdani, since no Democrat will top 50% of the vote, the winner will be formally determined by voters’ ranked-choice preferences, which will be released starting July 1.
June 17 contests
Virginia results
The field for November’s governor election is already set with Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, Virginia’s lieutenant governor, facing former Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger but Democrats picked their nominees for lieutenant governor and attorney general. Republicans already had their nominees for both offices.
June 10 contests
New Jersey results
Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill defeated a crowded field of challengers, including mayors Ras Baraka of Newark and Steven Fulop of Jersey City to get the chance to replace outgoing Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy. On the Republican side, President Donald Trump’s endorsement helped 2021 nominee Jack Ciattarelli defeat conservative former talk radio host Bill Spadea. In November, Democrats will try to win a third consecutive term in the governor’s mansion, something that hasn’t happened since the 1960s, while Republicans hope to capitalize on their recent gains in the traditionally blue state.
April 1 contests
Florida results
Republicans won two special Congressional elections in Florida, which were held to replace former GOP Reps. Michael Waltz and Matt Gaetz. While Waltz and Gaetz both won by more than 30 percentage points in November, the special election results were considerably closer.
Wisconsin results
Dane County Circuit Court Judge Susan Crawford won an open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court to maintain the court’s 4-3 liberal majority. Crawford easily won the non-partisan race, despite Trump’s narrow 2024 victory in the state. Voters also approved a ballot measure to enshrine the state’s voter ID requirement in the state constitution and reelected the state’s Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Source: Results data via The Associated Press; Projections by CNN