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Democrat Shontel Brown, a Cuyahoga County Council member, will win Ohio’s 11th Congressional District, CNN projects Tuesday. The seat that was vacated by former Rep. Marcia Fudge who became President Joe Biden’s secretary of housing and urban development earlier this year.

Republican Mike Carey will win a special election in Ohio’s 15th Congressional District, defeating Democrat Allison Russo, CNN projects.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is locked in a closer-than-expected race that remains too close to call as he tries to become the first Democratic governor in more than four decades to win reelection in the Garden State.

City Councilor Michelle Wu is set to become Boston’s next mayor after her more moderate challenger conceded, making her the first woman and person of color elected to the top post in the city’s history.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday is trying to become the first Democratic governor in more than four decades to win reelection in the Garden State, which has trended reliably blue in federal and local contests but has a history — like Virginia — of voting in the party out of the White House in its off-year gubernatorial races.

It’s normal for the out-of-power party to gain momentum in off-year elections and gain seats in Congress in the midterms.

Virginia’s electorate in the governor’s race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin doesn’t look the same as it has in recent elections, according to the preliminary results of CNN’s Virginia exit poll.

The final votes are being cast in the unexpectedly tight Virginia governor’s race as Democrat Terry McAuliffe seeks a second nonconsecutive term in a contest that could offer clues about his party’s uphill battle to maintain control of the US House and Senate in next year’s midterm elections as President Joe Biden’s approval ratings slide.

Health care workers in New York have gone to the Supreme Court to challenge the state’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, arguing it violates their religious liberty rights.