Shouts over two blue-state victories hide a sound Democrats want to ignore: canaries’ silence. Immediately following gubernatorial wins in Virginia and New Jersey, Representatives Jared Golden (D-ME) and Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced forthcoming retirements. A continent, political spectrum, and decades apart, their departures spring from the same cause: Democrats’ rising radical Left.

On November 4, Democrats won races in Virginia and New Jersey, which had not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 2004 and 1988, respectively. In 2025’s races, Democrats did more than hold serve. But not much more.

Donald Trump won 46.1 percent of Virginia’s vote in 2024 and averaged 45 percent over the last three presidential elections; Republican 2025 gubernatorial nominee, Winsome Earle-Sears, won 42.6 percent—Republican nominees for lieutenant governor and attorney general both outperformed Trump’s three-election average in the state. Donald Trump won 45.9 percent of New Jersey’s vote in 2024 and averaged 41.8 percent over the last three presidential elections;

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