Democrats look to sell vision of spiraling Trump economy in final pitch before election

By Molly Parks

Published October 31, 2025 12:17am ET

With off-year election states hitting the voting booths on Tuesday, Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey have been hammering home a platform based on affordability messaging in the final stretch.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin emphasized Thursday how the two Democratic gubernatorial candidates running in 2025, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger and Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), have been “focused exclusively on affordability.”