New York, New York - Election Day 2025 is almost upon us!

On November 4, voters around the country will cast ballots for their preferred candidates in federal, state, and local elections.

There are also a number of measures on state ballots which will allow people to have their say on key issues.

Here are the biggest races to watch as voters hit the polls this Tuesday.

New York City's mayoral election is one of the most closely watched races of the year.

Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani is leading in the polls with a surging campaign centered on making the city more affordable for all.

The 34-year-old state assembly member's top challenger is independent Andrew Cuomo, who lost the Democratic primary back in June. Cuomo resigned as governor of New York in 2021 amid accusations of sexual harassment from at least 13 women.

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In third place is Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa.

The race has been cast as a referendum on the future of the Democratic Party.

The Big Apple isn't the only city with a high-profile mayoral election this Tuesday.

Omar Fateh's campaign in Minneapolis has been compared with that of Mamdani in New York.

The 35-year-old state senator has put forward a vision that calls for increasing the minimum wage, expanding public housing, stabilizing rents, and preventing police collaboration with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Fateh is up against incumbent Mayor Jacob Frey, a Democrat running for this third term.

Other top candidates in the ranked-choice election are Reverend DeWayne Davis and attorney Jazz Hampton.

Both New Jersey and Virginia are holding gubernatorial elections this Tuesday.

In the Garden State, Democrat Mikie Sherrill is facing off against Donald Trump-backed Republican Jack Ciattarelli.

Incumbent Governor Phil Murphy is ineligible for reelection due to term limits.

New Jersey currently has a Democratic trifecta, which Ciattarelli is seeking to undo.

In Virginia, Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears are competing to replace term-limited Governor Glenn Youngkin, a Republican.

The Democratic Party currently holds slight majorities in both chambers of the state's General Assembly.

Whoever wins the election will become Virginia's first-ever female governor.

More than a dozen candidates are facing off Tuesday in a bid represent Texas' 18th congressional district, which covers parts of Houston.

The seat was long held by the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, who died in office in July 2024 after a battle with cancer.

Jackson Lee's daughter, Erica Lee Carter, completed her mother's term after winning a special election that November, but chose not to run for a full term after that.

Lee Carter's successor, former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, died last March – just weeks after taking the seat.

The string of in-office deaths has sparked speculation that the congressional seat might be cursed.

That hasn't stopped 16 candidates from seeking election in Tuesday's special contest.

California voters are at the forefront of partisan struggles for control over the US House in 2026.

The Trump administration has pressured Republican-led states to redraw their electoral maps ahead of the midterm elections, in hopes of retaining a GOP majority in Congress' lower chamber – teeing off fierce mid-cycle redistricting battles around the country.

Texas has already approved new maps designed to deliver five additional congressional seats to Republicans in 2026.

California fired back with its own proposed plan to counteract Republican gains in Texas by adding five Democratic seats.

Golden State voters will have the opportunity to approve or reject the changes this Tuesday via Proposition 50, also known as the Election Rigging Response Act.

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