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Hispanic voters — crucial to Trump’s 2024 victory — are abandoning him in significant numbers. Sure, the Hispanic flight from the Trump camp is slower among Cuban Americans and Venezuelan Americans in Florida, but the cracks are already visible. In New Jersey, Trump won 46% of the Latino vote in 2024. But this time, Trump-backed Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli got only 31% of the Hispanic vote in the Nov. 4 election, CNN exit polls show. The Democratic winner, Mikie Sherrill, won by a landslide, thanks in part to the Latino vote. In heavily Hispanic Passaic County, where Trump won...

November 06, 2007, 7:00 a.m. Off-Year E-DayYour guide to today. By David Freddoso Certain states and cities hold their elections in off years for a variety of reasons. Off-year elections have the benefit of letting state officeholders run for federal offices in even-numbered years without putting their jobs in jeopardy. They have helped Democrats retain control of legislatures and (in some cases) governors’ mansions in several southern states, by shielding their candidates from the strong Republican vote in federal elections. Winning parties often cite off-year wins as a sign of good things to come, but there is usually little...