Tuesday’s elections proved to be not solely big wins for Democratic candidates in lots of races, but additionally history-making in a number of cases.
Here’s a take a look at the historical past made through the 2025 elections.
New York Metropolis elects its 1st Muslim and South Asian mayor
Democratic candidate for New York Metropolis mayor Zohran Mamdani getsures on stage after successful the 2025 New York Metropolis Mayoral race, at an election evening rally within the Brooklyn, New York, November 4, 2025.
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Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani’s projected victory within the New York Metropolis mayoral election will make him town’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor.
Born in Uganda, Mamdani is a Muslim of Indian descent who has lived in the US since he was 7 years outdated, turning into a naturalized citizen in 2018.
At age 34, Mamdani is about to turn into the youngest New York Metropolis mayor in additional than a century.
The election that propelled him to victory additionally made historical past, with 2 million voters turning out Tuesday in New York Metropolis, the primary time a mayoral election crossed the two million voter threshold since 1969.
Virginia elects its 1st girl governor
Democrat Abigail Spanberger speaks on stage after she was declared the winner of the Virginia governor’s race throughout an election evening watch get together, Nov. 4, 2025, in Richmond, Va.
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Democrat Abigail Spanberger’s win Tuesday over Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears makes her the primary girl to be elected governor of Virginia.
Spanberger, 46, is a former U.S. consultant and a former CIA intelligence officer.
She can be a mom of three and mirrored in her victory speech on election evening in regards to the second her husband instructed their three daughters that their mother could be the subsequent governor of Virginia.
“And I can assure these phrases have by no means been spoken in Virginia ever earlier than,” she mentioned. “It is a huge deal that the ladies and and younger girls I’ve met alongside the marketing campaign path now know with certainty that they will obtain something.”
Virginia additionally elected state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi as lieutenant governor on Tuesday, making her the primary Muslim girl to win statewide workplace in any U.S. state, in keeping with her marketing campaign.
Ladies set file for many governors
Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat who won the New Jersey gubernatorial election, made historical past by each successful governors’ elections Tuesday.
When the 2 girls take workplace in January, there might be 14 girls serving concurrently as governor, a file excessive, according to the Middle for American Ladies and Politics at Rutgers, The State College of New Jersey.
New Jersey elects similar governor from similar get together
Rep. Mikie Sherrill, Democratic gubernatorial candidate for New Jersey reacts on stage at her election evening rally in East Brunswick, New Jersey, November 4, 2025.
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Sherrill’s victory Tuesday marks the first time in over 60 years that New Jersey has elected a governor from the identical get together three cycles in a row.
It’s also solely the second time a girl has been elected governor of New Jersey, following within the footsteps of Christine Todd Whitman, who served from 1994 to 2001.
