Eliza Collins is a national political reporter for the Journal. The results of hotly contested races in New York City, Virginia and New Jersey offer insight not only into the priorities of local citizens but also broader voter sentiment toward President Trump’s second administration.

A handful of Connecticut municipal election races remained either too close to call Wednesday morning or lacked results.  On Wednesday the Easton Registrars of Voters office confirmed that Tuesday's results of the contests for first selectman,

Virginia's biggest counties delivered Spanberger's double-digit victory, which saw her making strong gains in suburban areas.

While too much shouldn't be made out of off-year elections, today's will be the first major electoral sign of the political mood and what voters think of the president.

In the race for Pittsburgh's mayor, Democrat Corey O'Connor beat Republican Tony Moreno, the Associated Press projected on Tuesday night. O'Connor is set to take over for Ed Gainey, who lost to O'Connor in May's primary. The city hasn't had a Republican mayor since 1933.

President Trump has loomed over the race for New Jersey governor. The Republican, Jack Ciattarelli, has run for the seat twice before, but this time he has the president’s endorsement. The Democrat, Representative Mikie Sherrill, has made opposition to Mr. Trump a focus of her campaign.

Proposition 50 is a ballot proposal appearing on California ballots that will determine whether the state will redraw its congressional voting districts to add as many as five Democrat-held seats to Congress.

Proposition 1, the initiative to raise Olympia’s minimum wage to $20 and adopt a Workers’ Bill of Rights, was poised to fail, according to Nov. 4 preliminary results. Tuesday night’s initial tally showed 56% of voters voting “no,” and 44% voting “yes.”