Democrats have scored two significant victories in the US – in the first statewide elections since President Donald Trump came to power in January.
In Virginia, Ralph Northam defeated Republican Ed Gillespie in a governorship race marked by tussles on immigration and Confederate statues.
Phil Murphy, who beat Kim Guadagno, will be New Jersey governor, while, New York City’s Democrat mayor was also comfortably re-elected.
Meanwhile, Virginia voters also made history by electing their first openly transgender state legislator.
The results could give an early indication of how next year’s midterm congressional elections will turn out.
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