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Voters across the country are heading to the polls today for a slew of key off-cycle races . The first polls of the night close in Virginia at 7 p.m. ET and the last polls close in California at 11 p.m. ET.

The New York City mayor’s race pitting Zohran Mamdani against Andrew Cuomo will determine whether the city elects its first Muslim mayor and its youngest leader in generations or offers a comeback for a longtime politician who resigned as governor four years ago in disgrace.

Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill is facing Trump-backed Jack Ciattarelli in the New Jersey gubernatorial election . In Virginia , former Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger and Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears are competing to become the commonwealth's first female governor.

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