Today more than ever, it can seem as if all politics has been subsumed by the drama in Washington, D.C. Even during this off-year election, the most prolific topic of commentary has been about what can be learned about the political fate of President Donald Trump and the Republican-led Congress from gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey, and even the Pennsylvania judicial retention campaign.

Very little ink has been spilled, by contrast, on what these races mean for the everyday lives of people in Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and so on. But this is where the outcomes of these campaigns matter the most. Indeed, the votes cast and counted today will have more noticeable consequences for the vast majority of people than those cast during next year’s midterms, or even the next

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