Tuesday marks the nation’s first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

The biggest contests are in Virginia and New Jersey, the only states electing governors this year.

New Jersey, Virginia gubernatorial elections

Here’s what you should know about the New Jersey and Virginia governor races.

New Jersey

Despite being a reliably blue state in the past, polls show that Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli is running competitively against Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill in the race for governor in New Jersey.

Sherrill was a Naval Academy graduate who flew choppers for the Navy. She went on to work as a federal prosecutor in New Jersey. She first ran for office in 2018, during the midterm election in Trump’s first term, winning in a district tha

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