By Bo Erickson (Reuters) -Democrats won races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia on Tuesday, and a self-described democratic socialist was elected New York City mayor, while Californians approved a redistricting initiative designed to help Democrats in midterm elections.

New Jersey and Virginia have a long standing pattern of electing governors from the party opposite from the sitting president.

Democrats saw major wins in Tuesday’s elections, from California’s redistricting ballot measure to gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey and the mayoral race in New York City. We discuss what the results say about the future of the Democratic Party and to what extent the wins reflect a referendum on President Trump.

Democrats have swept the first major elections of Donald Trump's second term, with the US president saying the ongoing government shutdown is a "big factor".

Voters are expressing broad dissatisfaction with Donald Trump — and with both political parties, according to early results from the Exit Poll.

Results from New York City’s mayoral race, the N.J. and Va. gubernatorial races, and California’s Proposition 50 vote.