{"id":2507197,"date":"2025-11-05T17:05:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-win-big-and-small-races-in-the-2025-election\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T17:06:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:06:20","slug":"democrats-win-big-and-small-races-in-the-2025-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-win-big-and-small-races-in-the-2025-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats win big and small races in the 2025 election"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-win-big-and-small-races-in-the-2025-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2507197&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The 2025 elections saw significant victories for the Democratic Party across various levels of government, marking a strong rebound after previous defeats. Democrats won major races in states like Virginia, New Jersey, and cities such as New York City, drawing widespread attention. Notably, Democrats ended the GOP supermajority in the Mississippi Senate for the first time since 2011 by gaining additional seats, and also flipped a seat in the Mississippi House. In Georgia,Democrats won key Public Service Commission races,signaling momentum ahead of the 2026 gubernatorial election. Pennsylvania voters retained three Democratic Supreme Court justices,maintaining a 5-2 majority on the state&#8217;s highest court despite opposition from former President Donald Trump. New Jersey&#8217;s General Assembly remained under Democratic control, while Democrats also expanded their majority in Virginia&#8217;s House of Delegates.At the local level, Democrats made gains in New Hampshire, securing mayoral and school board positions. In pennsylvania municipal races, Democratic challengers ousted Republican incumbents in Bucks County sheriff&#8217;s office and Beaver Borough mayor&#8217;s office, with immigration policies playing a key role in voter decisions. these wins suggest growing Democratic influence in both prominent and lesser-known contests nationwide.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats win big and small races in the 2025 election<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2393538\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rebounding from their election defeat last year, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> are reveling in their <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2025-elections\/\">2025 election<\/a> victories in both big and small races nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party&rsquo;s wins across the board in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/virginia\/\">Virginia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-jersey\/\">New Jersey<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\">New York City<\/a> have attracted much attention as those elections carried the highest stakes this year, but there are lesser-known races that have proved just as crucial.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3876615\/turning-point-shows-influence-mesa-councilwoman-recall\/\">Turning Point shows influence persists after Kirk assassination with Mesa councilwoman ousting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3875969\/california-gop-proposition-50-lawsuit\/\">GOP files lawsuit challenging California&#8217;s Proposition 50 victory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3876330\/jewish-fdny-commissioner-announces-resignation-mamdani-wins\/\">FDNY commissioner announces resignation one day after Mamdani wins election<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-democrats-flip-seats-in-mississippi-legislature\">Democrats flip seats in Mississippi legislature<\/h2>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mississippi\/\">Mississippi<\/a> Senate lost its GOP supermajority on Tuesday for the first time since 2011 after Democrats gained two additional seats, bumping down Republicans from 36 to 34 seats. Thirty-five seats constitute a supermajority.<\/p>\n<p>The supermajority status means a party can more easily override a veto from Gov. Tate Reeves (R-MS) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-leftists-could-rig-a-convention-of-the-states-why-do-they-oppose-it\/\" title=\"If Leftists Could Rig A Convention Of The States, Why Do They Oppose It?\">propose constitutional amendments<\/a>, among other actions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;History made. Mississippi just broke the supermajority&mdash;and the people have taken back their power,&rdquo; the Mississippi Democratic Party <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/msdemocrats\/status\/1986092879031189945\">posted on X<\/a> Wednesday morning in celebration of its victory. &ldquo;From the Delta to the Pine Belt, voters stood up for better schools, fairer representation, and expanded healthcare. This is what people power looks like.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>One seat in the Mississippi House was also flipped blue.<\/p>\n<p>The state&rsquo;s special legislative elections were the result of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-navy-veterans-set-to-square-off-in-ny-district-22-house-race\/\" title=\"Two Navy Veterans Set to Square Off in NY District 22 ... Race\">court-ordered redistricting<\/a>. Earlier this year, a federal court ruled that Mississippi must create more <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >black-majority legislative districts<\/a>. The state legislature passed a new legislative map in response to that order.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-democrats-win-georgia-commissioner-races\">Democrats win Georgia commissioner races<\/h2>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\/\">Georgia<\/a> Public Service Commission&rsquo;s races were also noteworthy for Democrats, who wish to take that momentum into the state&rsquo;s open gubernatorial election next year.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-governors-association\/\">Democratic Governors Association<\/a> touted the victories of its party&rsquo;s challengers, Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard, both of whom ran against Republican incumbents. The races marked the first time Democrats have won a non-federal statewide race in Georgia since 2006, according to the DGA.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yesterday&rsquo;s PSC results make clear that Georgia&rsquo;s gubernatorial race is a top flip opportunity for Democrats. Georgians are ready for change and Democrats have the clear momentum heading into next year&rsquo;s gubernatorial race,&rdquo; DGA spokesman Kevin Donohoe said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The organization, which Gov. Laura Kelly (D-KS) will lead until the end of the year, stressed that the Democratic Party&rsquo;s strength heading into the 2026 gubernatorial election is its focus on affordability.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yesterday&rsquo;s results are a canary in the coal mine for Burt Jones, Chris Carr, and Brad Raffensperger,&rdquo; Donohoe added. &ldquo;Georgians have made clear that they want leaders who will fight for them &mdash; not politicians who are just a rubber stamp for an unpopular agenda that jacks up costs on working families.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Among the top Democratic candidates running for governor of Georgia next year are former Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, and former DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pennsylvania-voters-retain-state-justices\">Pennsylvania voters retain state justices<\/h2>\n<p>Three <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\">Pennsylvania<\/a> Supreme Court justices, all of whom are Democrats, won their retention elections unopposed. The results leave the Democrats&rsquo; 5-2 majority on the state&rsquo;s high court intact.<\/p>\n<p>Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty, and David Wecht each survived simple yes-or-no votes to keep their seats on the bench. Dougherty and Wecht will serve another 10 years, while Donohue will leave in 2027 when she must retire by age 75. Donohue is currently 72 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent Democrats, including Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-shapiro\/\">Josh Shapiro<\/a> (D-PA) and former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\">Barack Obama<\/a>, backed the incumbent justices.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> urged Pennsylvania residents to vote no on the &ldquo;Radical Democrat&rdquo; justices.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These activist Judges unlawfully gerrymandered your Congressional maps, which led to my corrupt Impeachment(s), and locked you up during COVID by closing your small businesses, schools, and churches,&rdquo; Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115482954448237364\">posted on Truth Social<\/a> Sunday night. &ldquo;They let sex offenders out of prison, and ruled for Sleepy Joe Biden over and over, and interfered in the 2020 Election. It is time for Justice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-new-jersey-general-assembly-maintains-democratic-majority\">New Jersey General Assembly maintains Democratic majority<\/h2>\n<p>Democrats maintained their control of the New Jersey General Assembly, securing over 50% of all 80 seats up for election this year. By the end of Tuesday, 49 seats were called for Democrats and 19 seats for Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Going into the election, Democrats had a 52-28 majority against Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey will remain one of 16 Democrat-controlled trifectas in the nation based on the outcome of the legislative and gubernatorial races. The latter saw Democratic nominee <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mikie-sherrill\/\">Mikie Sherrill<\/a> beat Republican nominee <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jack-ciattarelli\/\">Jack Ciattarelli<\/a> by double digits.<\/p>\n<p>Sherill will replace Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/phil-murphy\/\">Phil Murphy<\/a> (D-NJ) once his second term expires in January.<\/p>\n<p>Another state that held legislative elections for all seats in its lower chamber was Virginia, where Democrats expanded their majority in the House of Delegates to at least 61 seats.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-local-races-in-new-hampshire-mostly-secured-by-democrats\">Local races in New Hampshire mostly secured by Democrats<\/h2>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-hampshire\/\">New Hampshire<\/a> was one state in which Democrats gained significant ground at the local level.<\/p>\n<p>The incoming mayor of Rochester will be Democratic State Rep. Chuck Grassie, whose win represented an eight-point shift from Trump&rsquo;s 2024 victory. Furthermore, all Democratic incumbents retained their posts as mayors statewide.<\/p>\n<p>In Manchester, Democrats swept all 14 school board seats and retook control of the city&rsquo;s board of aldermen from a Republican incumbent. A similar trend played out in Nashua&rsquo;s school board and aldermen elections.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans had some wins in the state though, with the Republican mayor of Manchester holding off the Democratic challenger and the Republican candidate for mayor of Laconia narrowly winning.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-republican-incumbents-ousted-in-municipal-pennsylvania-races\">Republican incumbents ousted in municipal Pennsylvania races<\/h2>\n<p>Some of the more obscure races that saw Democrats win were for the Bucks County sheriff&rsquo;s office and the Beaver Borough mayor&rsquo;s office.<\/p>\n<p>In Bucks County, Republican incumbent Fred Harran was ousted by Democratic nominee Daniel Ceisler, who ended the race with a 10-point lead. Ceisler ran on ending the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3848245\/pennsylvania-judge-upholds-county-sheriffs-ice-cooperation-agreement\/\">county&rsquo;s agreement<\/a> with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration laws. The agreement was signed by Harran earlier this year as part of the agency&rsquo;s 287(g) program.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;ICE was the big issue in this race, and voters overwhelmingly voted &hellip; to elect the candidate who wanted to end the ICE partnership,&rdquo; Ceisler <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/elections-2025-pennsylvania-bucks-county-sheriff\/\">told a local news outlet<\/a>. &ldquo;And that does send a message to law enforcement all over the country that partnering with ICE is a losing proposition.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3875845\/2025-election-takeaways-republicans-lost-and-they-know-it\/\">2025 ELECTION TAKEAWAYS: REPUBLICANS LOST AND THEY KNOW IT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Beaver, Republican incumbent Tom Hamilton narrowly lost his mayoral post to Democratic challenger Lincoln Kretchmar.<\/p>\n<p>The results were significant because Hamilton&rsquo;s Republican predecessor, Robert Linn, served as the mayor of Beaver for 58 years. The borough also backed almost every Republican presidential candidate in the 20th and 21st centuries, including Trump during his three White House runs in the past decade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats claim major and minor wins in 2025 elections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2507200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25308818193393.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[45100,3685,32321,66549],"class_list":["post-2507197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-2025-election","tag-democrats","tag-election-results","tag-political-victories"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25308818193393.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2507197"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2507202,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507197\/revisions\/2507202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2507200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2507197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2507197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2507197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}