Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey faces a large area as he makes an attempt to make a political comeback greater than 20 years after resigning. McGreevey and metropolis council member James Solomon superior to a runoff.
Democrat Corey O’Connor, the Allegheny County controller and son of former Pittsburgh mayor Bob O’Connor, defeated Republican former policeman Tony Moreno. O’Connor made waves earlier this 12 months when he defeated incumbent Mayor Ed Gainey within the main.
In the Democratic main, state Sen. Sean Ryan defeated Christopher Scanlon, who has served as Buffalo’s performing mayor for the reason that elected mayor, Byron Brown, resigned in October 2024. It was the second time in a row that the town’s sitting mayor misplaced the Democratic main. In 2021, Brown fell quick to a progressive challenger solely to win in November as a write-in candidate.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who led the town throughout the killing of George Floyd and its aftermath, defeated a number of challengers led by democratic socialist state Sen. Omar Fateh. Frey was backed by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, whereas Minneapolis progressive Rep. Ilhan Omar endorsed Fateh. The race makes use of ranked-choice voting, and whereas Frey didn’t win a majority of first alternative votes, he received after the ranked-choice votes have been tabulated.
Source: Results knowledge through The Associated Press; Projections by NCS