The High-Stakes Races on the Ballot in the Nation’s Off-Off-Year Elections – By Louis Jacobson (US News) / Nov 2, 2023
Voters are heading to the polls to decide critical races for governor as well as for state legislatures, judicial positions and ballot measures.
2023 isn’t just an off-year election — it’s an off-off-year election. But in several states, important races will be on the ballot Nov. 7.
Kentuckians will decide whether Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear wins a second term, while Mississippi is holding a surprisingly competitive race for governor. Both states will also hold contests for attorney general and secretary of state.
Virginia, meanwhile, has a high-stakes election to determine control of both the state Senate, which today is narrowly Democratic, and the state House, which is narrowly Republican. New Jersey will also be holding state legislative elections, although Democrats are favored to retain control in both chambers in the Garden State.
