Benjamin Kamisar

Democrat Eileen Higgins, a former county commissioner, defeated Republican Emilio González, NBC News projects.

Republican Emilio González and Democrat Eileen Higgins are battling in a runoff.

Plus, a new poll shows Trump and the GOP have lost ground with young voters.

The latest NBC News poll shows two-thirds of registered voters down on the value proposition of a degree. A majority said degrees were worth the cost a dozen years ago.

Bowser's recent months have been centered on a delicate dance with President Donald Trump over the federal law enforcement presence in the city.

Offer Vince Shlomi, the once-prominent infomercial pitchman, filed paperwork with the Texas Republican Party to run for the seat held by Republican Rep. John Carter.

Voters will fill Tennessee's vacant 7th District, which Trump carried by 22 points, on Dec. 2.

Steyer joins a crowded field seeking to succeed Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is barred from running again in 2026 due to term limits.

The super PAC is paying for phone banking in a Dec. 2 House race, marking the first independent expenditures for MAGA Inc. in Trump's second term.

NBC News projects that a ballot measure has passed allowing California Democrats to bypass an independent redistricting commission and counter GOP efforts around the country.

Cuomo and others have criticized Mamdani for appearing with Hasan Piker, who made 2019 comments that "America deserved 9/11." Mamdani has previously disavowed the comments.

Democrats have grown negative on capitalism and positive on socialism, while Mamdani has quickly become a well-known name in national politics.

Plus, Republicans ramp up their ad spending in Virginia's attorney general race.

The mayoral hopeful also spoke out in support of "those Muslims in this city who do not have the luxury of being the Democratic nominee."

Cuomo was criticizing Mamdani's executive experience and ability to handle disasters on a conservative radio show before an exchange referring to the 9/11 attacks.

In the Virginia and New Jersey governor's races and the California redistricting fight, Democrats are spending more on ads — though that comes with no guarantees about the results.

The two candidates meet Thursday night in their first general election debate after having debated twice during the Democratic primary. Republican Curtis Sliwa joins them.

Officials say court rulings and protests are part of an insurrection — which Trump's lawyers argued in court the Jan. 6 attack wasn't — as they consider invoking the Insurrection Act.

Some of the podcasters who hosted Trump ahead of last year's election are breaking with him now on key issues like deportations and the war in Gaza.

The national surveys taken in the final days of September and the first day of the shutdown find that voters are more inclined to blame Trump and his party. But many are uncertain.