The key state and local elections to watch in early 2025

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : GettyA 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.
53% : Meanwhile, a handful of special elections in safe Republican seats in the U.S. House will also occur next year to replace members of Congress whom Trump tapped for his Cabinet.
50% : The court is technically nonpartisan, but candidates can take public stances on political issues and can receive backing from the state's political parties during their campaigns.
48% : Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd announced that the special primary elections for both Waltz's and Gaetz's seats will be held Jan. 28 and that the special general elections for both seats will be held April 1.Waltz is slated to resign from the House on Jan. 20, after Trump formally takes office.
47% : Virginia will hold another closely watched race to succeed Youngkin in November 2025 following a presidential election in which Trump cut Democrats' advantage to less than 6 points.
47% : Those include the seats currently held by Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., Trump's pick to be his national security adviser, and Rep. Elise Stafanik, R-N.Y., Trump's pick to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
25% : "Schimming, asked whether he felt Democrats could make Trump a vulnerability for Schimel, dismissed the notion.
23% : R-Fla., who resigned after Trump selected him to be attorney general.

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