The key state and local elections to watch in early 2025

A handful of down-ballot elections at the outset of the new year will serve as the first tests of the political environment following Trump's November victory.

A handful of downballot elections at the outset of the new year will serve as the first tests of the political environment following Donald Trump and the Republicans’ victories in November. 

In the opening months of 2025, there will be special legislative elections in Virginia, a race in battleground Wisconsin that will yet again determine the ideological balance of the state Supreme Court, and special elections for Trump’s current (and former) Cabinet picks. 

While these contests are not as flashy as the presidential politics that have consumed Americans for the better part of the last two years, they will nevertheless attract plenty of cash and attention during an off-year in which the GOP looks to build on its momentum and the Democratic Party seeks to regain its footing. 

Here are the key state and local races to watch during the early part of 2025.

A pair of special elections in Virginia’s Loudoun County on Jan. 7 that will determine control of the state legislature will bring voters back to the polls just weeks after the presidential election.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/state-local-elections-watch-early-2025-rcna183702

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