BGOV OnPoint: Off-Year Election Day Puts Trump Approval to Test

Nov. 3, 2025, 10:00 AM UTC

Voters head to polling places Tuesday to decide on two closely watched governors’ races and a national redistricting fight in a blockbuster off-year election that could offer clues into President Donald Trump’s political strength ahead of the 2026 midterms.

A high-profile redistricting ballot initiative comes to a head in California, where voters are likely to green-light Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) retaliatory effort against GOP-led redistricting in Texas. And the new Texas map could complicate that state’s Democratic primary in March, which will come only months after this week’s special election to choose a successor to the late Rep. Sylvester Turner ...

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