SPECIAL EDITION: Everything to know about today's elections.
Tangle
Isaac Saul
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🗓️ 4 November 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
The key 2025 races. Today is election day in the United States, with voters in cities and states across the country deciding on a host of key elections and ballot measures. Some races, like the New York City mayoral election, have been in the national spotlight for months; others, like the Pennsylvania Supreme Court retention elections, have flown under the radar but could be nationally impactful for years to come.
Today, we’re publishing a special edition exploring these critical elections. We’ll break from our normal format to give each one proper attention — sharing a brief overview of each race, two divergent perspectives on it, and a bit of our own analysis as voters head to the polls. At the end, we’ll also share several important ballot initiatives. Then, tomorrow, we’ll follow up with a breakdown of what happened in each race and the implications of those results.
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| 0:00.0 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. |
| 0:12.5 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to a special edition of the Tangle News podcast. |
| 0:25.4 | It is Tuesday, November 4th. |
| 0:28.1 | And today we are covering all the elections that are happening today. |
| 0:32.4 | By the time you're listening to this, some of you may have voted already. |
| 0:35.6 | Others of you might be headed to the polls after work or in the |
| 0:39.1 | afternoon if you are out on the West Coast. We're going to break down exactly what's happening in some of the |
| 0:45.2 | big elections across the country, what the big narratives are. We're going to share some views, |
| 0:50.2 | not just from the left and the right, but also some just countervailing counterpart views, |
| 0:55.4 | depending on the race. I think there's a really awesome edition. I'm super excited to publish it. |
| 1:01.5 | Also, because we covered so much ground, we're splitting up some of the recording duties today on the |
| 1:07.0 | podcast. You're going to hear from me, from Will, from John, from Ari, from Lindsay, |
| 1:12.0 | from Audrey, basically all hands on deck. All of us jumped in for some different coverage and took |
| 1:18.5 | different elections. And we're going to read down our sections today on the show, |
| 1:23.8 | which I'm super excited about. Before we jump in, I want to give you a quick heads up |
| 1:28.4 | that if you want live coverage of tonight's elections, you can follow us on Instagram, |
| 1:34.8 | Tangle News on Instagram, you can follow us on X or on Blue Sky. You can also sign up for our |
| 1:41.7 | texting service on subtext. You can click a link in the episode |
| 1:45.4 | description or in today's newsletter. Or you can text Tangle, all caps, tangle, to 850 |
| 1:52.4 | 338-9163. That's 850338-9163. And once you've signed up, it's totally free. You can just text us Election 25 in all caps to receive updates on the biggest races. We're going to be doing some live coverage all throughout the night tonight. Before we jump into any of that, let's first head over to John for today's quick hits. |
| 2:23.4 | Thanks, Isaac, and welcome everybody. |
| 2:25.0 | Here are your quick hits for today. |
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