DES MOINES, Iowa — Big judgments about the direction of the country will have to wait on this Election Day as voters around the country express opinions on a couple of governors’ races, several mayoral races and a host of local issues.

Among the contests around the country Tuesday are governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey, mayoral races in some of America’s biggest cities and whether to spend more than $217 million to revive Houston’s shuttered Astrodome.