So far, Republicans have enacted new maps in four states for a potential net gain of nine seats. New Democratic-leaning maps are pending in California and Utah.

Proposition 50, the California measure that would redraw the state's congressional map, jumped to an initial lead Tuesday night. Returns showed 55.5% of early ballots were in favor of it, according to results reported at 8:05 p.m. by the California Secretary of State's Office.

Zohran Mamdani has defeated former New York governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa to be elected the next Mayor of New York City. New Yorkers turned out in record numbers to elect a new mayor in one of the most consequential and closely watched races the city has seen in years.

Last November, Donald Trump won a return to the White House amid broad national dissatisfaction with the state of the country. A year later, preliminary CNN exit polling finds, the first major electoral tests of the second Trump presidency take place with voters expressing similar pessimism and anti-incumbent sentiments despite the turnover in the Oval Office.