Voters in Democrat-dominated California voted overwhelmingly for ballot initiative Prop 50, which all but guarantees the state’s few GOP congressional seats will disappear, and GOP hopes to flip blue New Jersey’s governor’s office went down in flames.
In the liberal mecca of California, voters there overwhelmingly voted for the ballot initiative that yanks power from the bipartisan California Citizens Redistricting Commission and gives it to the state legislature to redraw congressional boundaries.
The measure was pushed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (pictured below), who said he was doing so in response to red states, such as Texas, that are drawing out Democrat districts.
With a lopsided 63%-36% approval, California voters seemed to reject or forget a previous ballot initiative, Prop 20. That ballot initiative took away the General Assembly’s authority, and put it in the hands of the commission, back in 2010.
Sophia Lorey, with California Family Council, told AFN that passage of Proposition 50 is “heartbreaking” for Californians who care about “fair representation” and “biblical values.”
“By handing Sacramento the power to redraw congressional lines for the next three election cycles,” she said, “voters have allowed politicians to silence communities of faith and conservative voices across our state.”
California has the largest delegation of U.S. House members in Congress, which includes five GOP members whose districts are now in jeopardy.
Reacting to the election results, DNC chair Ken Martin said American voters delivered a “Republican reckoning” and a “Blue Sweep” in Tuesday elections.
“And it happened,” Martin continued, “because our Democratic candidates, no matter where they are, no matter how they fit into our big tent party, are meeting voters at the kitchen table, not the gilded ballroom.”
Exit polling by NBC News suggests Democrats can thank young women for the election night victories. Zohran Mamdani won 81% of women voters in his successful bid to be New York City mayor, for example, and other Democrat candidates enjoyed similar support according to the exit polls.
Spanberger won big over lieutenant governor
Democratic candidates won closely-watched statewide races in purplish Virginia, returning the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general to the Democratic Party.
In what was expected to be a nail-biter finish with polls tightening, Democrat Abigail Spanberger trounced her Republican opponent, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears. Spanberger won 57%-42% over Earle-Sears, a gap of approximately 490,100 votes ahead of the current lieutenant governor.
In post-election comments to AFN, Virginia-based radio host Jeff Katz said Earle-Sears campaign for governor was shaky from the start. Even though the current lieutenant governor oversaw a “poorly managed” campaign, he said the margin between her and Spanberger was still a surprise.
Back in 2021, current GOP governor Glenn Youngkin narrowly won election in a 50%-48% win over Democrat Terry McAuliffe. About 63,000 ballots separated winner and loser in that election.
Washington Times columnist Robert Knight, who lives in Virginia, told AFN that Democrats there “fired up” their base with “anti-Trump” rhetoric. That anger at Trump helped with voter turnout in North Virginia and its federal employees.
AG-elect fantasized about killing Republicans
In the Virginia race for attorney general, even a last-minute controversy for Democrat Jay Jones -- wishing death for a Republican house speaker and for police officers -- didn’t hurt him on Election Day. Not only did Jones not drop out for his alarming comments, he won Tuesday 52%-46% over Jason Miyares, the current GOP attorney general. About 197,200 ballots separated those two candidates.
Katz told AFN that Jones’ margin of victory on election night was a “big surprise” to most people in light of the Democrat’s violent comments.
“Somebody who’s on record as saying people who disagree with him politically should get two bullets to the head, and we should have our children die in our arms so that we change our political point of view, was elected to be the chief law enforcement officer in Virginia,” Katz pointed out.
Mirroring the comments from Katz, Knight called it “shocking” that Jones did so well against the incumbent considering his alarming comments.
Socialist mayor-elect congratulated by billionaire
On election night, the most headline-grabbing result was probably New York City’s mayoral election. The election of Mamdani wasn’t a big surprise, since polls showed him with a double-digit lead, but the fact New Yorkers were choosing a Muslim communist left many stunned.
“Democrats will rue the day they elected Comrade Zohran. He will drag the party left like an anchor around their necks,” GOP activist Bill Mitchell commented on X.
Mamdani’s election night win earned him praise by billionaire Alex Soros, a radical left activist like his father. “So proud to be a New Yorker! The American dream continues!” Soros wrote on X.
Mamdani, whose has said he opposes capitalism and wants to “seize the means of production,” has also publicly said billionaires should not exist.
“This is the ending of Animal Farm,” author Walter Kirn, reacting to the irony-filled photo, wrote on X.
Reacting to Election Day, AFR host Jenna Ellis told American Family News it was a “sweeping victory” for Democrats in Tuesday’s elections. Those wins, she added, should serve as a “wake-up call” to what she called “complacent” Republicans in Washington.
“We can sound the warning against socialism and leftist policies all we want,” Ellis observed, “but it’s a cry that will return void if we don’t act in this moment.”
What Republicans should do, she said, is to remove the filibuster, pass a budget on their terms, and advance “key legislation” that codifies President Donald Trump’s executive orders.
“We only have three years left of Trump’s term,” Ellis warned, “and the Democrats are running out the clock.”
