Bill Hemmer On Why The Nation Is Focused On Today’s ‘Off-Year’ Election

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🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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It is Election Day, and while each race in New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City has featured issues unique to its area, this off-year election cycle is getting a lot of national attention. Part of that is because of President Trump’s influence on all three contests and what their outcomes may tell us about 2026 and 2028. Co-host of America's Newsroom, Bill Hemmer, joins the Rundown to break down all three races, the surging popularity of New York City mayoral candidate Democrat Zohran Mamdani, and whether victory by him may suggest a real shift for the Democratic party. California voters are deciding on “Proposition 50” today, a measure that could push back against a mid-decade redistricting effort seen in several GOP-led states. It marks the latest chapter in the ongoing national battle over how political maps are drawn and whether those efforts will remain with changing administrations. Bruce Mehlman, founder of his own bipartisan government relations firm, joins the Rundown to explain how both parties have used gerrymandering to gain political advantage, why achieving truly bipartisan redistricting is so difficult, and how these tactics are fueling a broader loss of public trust in government. Plus, commentary from Jason Rantz, the host of The Jason Rantz Show, which can be heard weekday afternoons on KTTH Seattle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Stuart Vonney.
0:01.0	I'm Harris Faulkner.
0:02.1	I'm Brian Kilmead, and this is the Fox News Rundown.
0:09.2	Tuesday, November 4th, 2025.
0:12.0	I'm Jessica Rosenthal.
0:13.6	It's Election Day, and after it's over, two states will have a new governor-elect.
0:18.3	New York will have a new mayor-elect.
0:20.5	But the nation may also have a new
0:21.6	conversation about the future of both parties and the fights ahead of midterms. There's a trend
0:26.8	in the Northeast and the trends toward the red team. And I'm not saying that that's going to continue,
0:32.6	but we've seen that going back to 2020 to 2021 to, and we'll see whether or not that pattern continues.
0:40.2	I'm Granul Scott. Californians will vote today on whether the state will counter a mid-decade redistricting effort in GOP-led states.
0:50.3	What effect could the back-and-forth have on bipartisanship in government?
0:54.8	What we're seeing at the moment is moving it from the every 10 years, both parties generally weaponized it,
1:02.9	but with some modicum of modesty to the possibility of full total thermonuclear redistricting war.
1:11.3	And I'm Jason Rance. I've got the final word on the Fox News rundown.
1:19.2	While each race in New Jersey, Virginia, and New York has featured issues unique to each area,
1:24.7	they've also had a heavy national focus, especially as Democrats,
1:28.2	focus on President Trump. Virginia Democratic candidate for Governor Abigail Spanberger,
1:31.9	who's facing off against Lieutenant Governor, Winsome Earl Sears, said this weekend,
1:36.3	Virginia voters can and will send a message amid the recklessness and the heartlessness coming out of Washington.
1:46.5	Last month, New Jersey's Democratic candidate for governor, Congresswoman Mikey Cheryl,
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