Tuesday, November 4, 2025 was many things. But it was especially a night for women, people of color and Muslim Americans.
- GA, Alicia Johnson is the first Black woman to win a statewide office, after being overwhelmingly elected to the Public Service Commission
- MI, Detroit, Mary Sheffield is the city’s first woman Mayor
- NJ, Mikie Sherrill is the state’s second woman Governor (the first Democratic one)
- NYC, Zohran Mamdani is the youngest and first Muslim NYC Mayor
- VA, Abigail Spanberge is the state’s first woman Governor
- VA, Ghazala Hashmi is the state’s first woman and Muslim Lt Governor and first Muslim woman elected to state office anywhere in the US
There were other milestones.
In California, Prop 50, which amended the Constitution so that the state can counter Texas gerrymandering, passed overwhelmingly.
In Mississippi, Democrats flipped three Senate seats, breaking the Republican super-majority. (A step in the right direction.)
In Pennsylvania, all three Democratic members of the State Supreme Court retained their jobs.
And half of America approves of the No Kings Day celebration/protest.
All worth acknowledging and celebrating today.
~~~ ELSEWHERE ~~~
- Democrats Flip Reddest Districts Nationwide—in Major Warning to Trump, The New Republic
- I have terrible, terrible news for red America, SFGate
- Nov. 4, 2025, Letters from an American
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