Here are seven takeaways from Tuesday’s elections: In the blue states of California, New Jersey and Virginia, Newsom, Sherrill and Spanberger effectively used Trump as a foil for their electoral efforts. Trump wasn’t on the ballot Tuesday — a fact he quickly trotted out on Truth Social to rationalize the wake of setbacks for his party.

Jimmy Kimmel sees Tuesday’s election results as a clear bad sign for President Donald Trump. Tuesday’s elections saw the defeat of several high-profile Republican candidates across the country. The most devastating result for the MAGA world was the decisive victory of NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani over Trump-backed Andrew Cuomo.

Democrats dominated the first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, and there are signs that the economy — specifically, Trump’s inability to deliver the economic turnaround he promised last fall — may be a real problem for Trump’s party.

There are signs that the economy may be a real problem for Trump’s GOP heading into next year’s midterm elections.

Trump's campaign-style speech to business leaders in Miami was designed to tout his economic accomplishments as voters increasingly say his administration is not doing enough.

Trump’s remarks came the same night that California voters approved a redrawing of the state’s congressional maps intended to favor Democrats, and on the heels of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s clear victory in New York City’s mayoral contest.