Democrats’ Gubernatorial Gambit
Peril in the Garden State and Old Dominion In my column Five Factors Facing Democrats, I laid out five structural headwinds battering Democrats as they limp toward the 2026 midterms: a hemorrhaging voter registration edge, the relentless organizing of activists like Scott Presler and Shiloh Marx, a redistricting bloodbath favoring GOP trifectas, a fundraising chasm that’s left the DNC scraping pennies, and a seismic realignment among young Latinos tilting rightward. Those factors aren’t abstract threats-they’re manifesting right now in the 2025 gubernatorial battlegrounds of New Jersey and Virginia, where Democratic frontrunners Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger are staring down narrowing leads…