New Jersey's governor hopes to break Democrats' unlucky streak Ohio's 11th and 15th districts have general elections for open House seats - one in a blue-leaning area and the other won by Donald Trump in 2020 - though Democrats are hoping for a major upset to add to their majority in Congress.Īnd national conservative groups are pouring money into an unlikely area - local school board races - hoping to capitalize on frustration over pandemic-related closures, mask mandates and culture wars. Minneapolis, a city still shaken by George Floyd's murder, will vote on whether to disband its police department and create a new public safety agency. In New Jersey, incumbent Democratic Governor Phil Murphy is defending his seat against a GOP challenger while New York City is voting in a new mayor as Bill De Blasio ends his second term at the end of this year. Voters in multiple states across the country are heading to the polls on Tuesday, and while most contests aren't seeing the same high-profile coverage as Virginia's gubernatorial election, the various races could have implications for state and even national politics going into the 2022 midterm cycle.