Former President Barack Obama is headlining rallies for Democrats running for governor in Virginia and New Jersey.

While attention has been paid largely to the competitive race for New Jersey governor, Garden State voters should also know that the entire General Assembly is up for grabs in November's general election. All 80 seats in the Legislature's lower chamber will be on the ballot. The current breakdown of the Assembly is 52 Democrats and 28 Republicans.

The Justice Department will send election monitors to five California counties and one New Jersey county for the Nov. 4 election in response to state Republicans’ requests. Monitors can observe but can’t interfere with voting.

With off-year election states hitting the voting booths on Tuesday, Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey have been hammering home a platform based on affordability messaging in the final stretch. Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin emphasized Thursday how the two Democratic gubernatorial candidates running in 2025,

New Jersey's tight gubernatorial race between Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli heats up as early voting reaches 800,000 ballots with Election Day approaching.

After months of extraordinary steps to ensure his party maintains control of the U.S. House of Representatives in next year’s midterms, President Donald Trump is turning his sights toward the voting process in next week’s elections.