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2025 Florida's 1st congressional district special election
April 1, 2025 special general election in Florida's 1st congressional district (Panhandle; Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, part of Walton) filling Matt Gaetz's vacated House seat; Republican Jimmy Patronis defeated Democrat Gay Valimont 56.9% to 42.3%.
2025 Florida's 6th congressional district special election
The 2025 Florida's 6th congressional district special election, held April 1, 2025, elected Republican state Senator Randy Fine over Democrat Josh Weil to replace Michael Waltz in the U.S. House.
2025 Miami mayoral election
2025 Miami mayoral election: nonpartisan race to succeed term-limited Francis Suarez. November 4 general (13 candidates; Higgins nearly 36%, González 19.5%) followed by December 9 runoff won by Eileen Higgins, first woman and first Democratic Miami mayor in nearly 30 years.
2025 Minneapolis mayoral election
The 2025 Minneapolis mayoral election (November 4, 2025) saw incumbent Jacob Frey win a third term, defeating democratic socialist state Sen. Omar Fateh 50.03% to 44.37% in the second round of ranked-choice tabulation after a disputed, revoked DFL endorsement of Fateh.
2025 New Jersey General Assembly election
2025 New Jersey General Assembly election, held November 4, 2025 alongside the Sherrill-Ciattarelli governor's race; Democrats expanded their 52-28 majority to 57 seats, a supermajority first won since 2017, in the first Assembly races without the county-line ballot.
2025 New Jersey gubernatorial election
The 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial election (November 4, 2025) elected Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat, over Republican Jack Ciattarelli, replacing two-term Governor Phil Murphy, with record two-decade turnout and affordability as the central issue.
2025 New York City Council election
The 2025 New York City Council election elected all 51 council members, with a June 24 ranked choice primary in 30 districts and a November 4 general election; women won 32 seats, maintaining a majority-women Council.
2025 New York City Democratic mayoral primary
2025 New York City Democratic mayoral primary, held June 24, 2025 under ranked choice voting: Zohran Mamdani upset frontrunner Andrew Cuomo, winning 56.4% of the final round with 29.9% turnout, the second-highest in city primary history.
2025 New York City mayoral election
2025 New York City mayoral election: Zohran Mamdani (also Zohran Kwame Mamdani) won the June 24 Democratic primary by ranked-choice voting over Andrew Cuomo and the November 4 general election, with record 41.6% turnout.
2025 San Antonio mayoral election
2025 San Antonio mayoral election: 27 candidates, first open-seat race in 16 years after Ron Nirenberg's term limit; Gina Ortiz Jones defeated Rolando Pablos 54-46 in the June 7 runoff.
2025 Seattle mayoral election
2025 Seattle mayoral election: nonpartisan November 4, 2025 race in which organizer Katie Wilson defeated incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell by 2,011 votes; Wilson led the August primary and funded her campaign largely with Democracy Vouchers.
2025 Tennessee's 7th congressional district special election
December 2, 2025 special election in Tennessee's 7th congressional district; Republican Matt Van Epps defeated Democrat Aftyn Behn 53.9%-45% to replace resigned Rep. Mark Green, an 8.9-point margin in a Trump +22 district.
2025 Texas redistricting
Mid-decade 2025 redraw of Texas' 38 U.S. House districts (H.B. 4, PlanC2333), passed August 23, 2025, to flip up to five Democratic seats; blocked by a federal panel November 2025, then restored by a Supreme Court stay.
2025 United States elections
2025 United States elections: off-year contests on November 4, 2025, in which Democrats won the Virginia and New Jersey governorships (Spanberger, Sherrill), the New York City mayoralty (Mamdani), and a California redistricting measure, with above-normal off-year turnout.
2025 United States mayoral elections
The 2025 United States mayoral elections were contests for city mayor held across the US in 2025, including 27 of the 100 largest cities, with Zohran Mamdani winning New York City.
2025 United States state legislative elections
The 2025 United States state legislative elections covered New Jersey's 80 Assembly seats and Virginia's 100 House seats on November 4, 2025, plus special elections. Democrats expanded the Virginia House from 51 to 64 seats, held the New Jersey trifecta, and broke Republicans' Mississippi Senate supermajority, with an 18-seat net gain.
2025 Virginia elections
2025 Virginia elections: November 4 contests in which Democrat Abigail Spanberger beat Winsome Earle-Sears for governor (57.58%-42.22%), becoming Virginia's first female governor, as Democrats swept lieutenant governor, attorney general, and expanded their House of Delegates majority to 64 seats.
2025 Virginia House of Delegates election
2025 Virginia House of Delegates election: all 100 House districts up November 4, 2025, after June 17 primaries; Democrats turned a narrow majority into their largest House majority since 1989 alongside Spanberger's 14.4-point gubernatorial win.
2025–2026 Massachusetts legislature
The 194th General Court, Massachusetts' 2025–2026 legislature: Democratic-dominated 200-member body that adopted its first joint rules since 2019, passed a $60.9 billion FY2026 budget, and fought the voter-approved legislative audit.
2025–26 Texas's 18th congressional district special election
Two-round special election in Houston's Texas 18th Congressional District to replace Sylvester Turner, who died March 5, 2025. Christian Menefee led the November 4, 2025 jungle primary at 28.9% and won the January 31, 2026 runoff against Amanda Edwards with about 68%.
2026 Alabama elections
2026 Alabama elections: May 19 primary, June 16 runoff, August 11 special congressional primary, November 3 general. Tuberville vs Jones for governor and Senate; districts 1, 2, 6, 7 postponed over redistricting; all 140 legislative seats up.
2026 Alabama lieutenant gubernatorial election
2026 Alabama lieutenant gubernatorial election: open seat with term-limited Will Ainsworth retiring; Republican John Wahl beat Wes Allen in a June 16 runoff after Trump's January endorsement, facing Democrat Phillip Ensler November 3, 2026.
2026 Alaska elections
2026 Alaska elections: state primary August 18 and general election November 3, 2026, using top-four primaries and ranked-choice voting. Races for governor, U.S. Senate (Sullivan vs Peltola), House, legislature, plus Ballot Measure 2 to repeal the system.
2026 Alaska gubernatorial election
2026 Alaska gubernatorial election, November 3, 2026 open-seat race to succeed term-limited Mike Dunleavy. Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins faces Republicans Bernadette Wilson, Dave Bronson, and Treg Taylor under top-four primary and ranked-choice voting, with a repeal measure on the same ballot.
2026 Alaska House of Representatives election
2026 Alaska House of Representatives election, November 3, 2026: all 40 seats under top-four primary and ranked-choice voting, with a one-vote bipartisan coalition majority, six retirements, and Ballot Measure 2 seeking to repeal the 2020 electoral system.
2026 Alaska Senate election
2026 Alaska Senate election: Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan seeks reelection November 3, 2026 against Democrat Mary Peltola and two other Republicans under Alaska's top-four primary and ranked-choice system; race rated toss-up after Peltola led the primary.
2026 Arizona Attorney General election
2026 Arizona Attorney General election: incumbent Democrat Kris Mayes, who won 2022 by 280 votes, faces Republican Senate President Warren Petersen, who beat Rodney Glassman in the July 21, 2026 primary; general election November 3, 2026.
2026 Arizona elections
2026 Arizona elections: July 21 primary (new permanent late-July date) and November 3 general. Governor: Katie Hobbs vs Andy Biggs; ballot includes Prop 144 voter ID/mail-voting amendment and local tax measures.
2026 Arizona gubernatorial election
2026 Arizona gubernatorial election, November 3, 2026: incumbent Democrat Katie Hobbs (24th governor) vs Republican nominee Andy Biggs, Trump ally; first race with lieutenant governor running mates (Sine Kerr, John Giles); polling showed Hobbs leading 5-10 points.
2026 Arizona House of Representatives election
2026 Arizona House of Representatives election: all 60 seats up, November 3, 2026 general after July 21 primary. Republicans held 33–27; forecasts gave Democrats House control in 59% of simulations.