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The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

What This Year's Elections Mean For 2026

The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

FOX News Podcasts

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4.6775 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

On Tuesday night, Martha was joined by FOX News Chief Political Anchor Bret Baier, Co-Anchor of America's Newsroom Dana Perino, and a panel of strategists on FOX News Channel to cover this year's key elections. The panel discussed elections in New York City, New Jersey, and Virginia, as well as a few other key races, and broke down why these results matter heading into the 2026 Midterm Elections. The panel examined the issues that mattered to voters in this off-year election and whether a wave of socialism will spread across the nation, as New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani gave his victory remarks to the city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the untold story. I'm Martha McCallum.

0:14.0

Election day has come and gone. Tuesday night on the Fox News channel, I was joined on set by Fox News chief political anchor,

0:21.6

Brett Baer, anchor of America's newsroom, Dana Perino, and a panel of strategists as we discussed the results

0:28.0

and what it all means heading into the 2026 midterms.

0:32.1

Here's our coverage. It is election night in America, and results are in for several closely watched races around the country.

0:48.3

Welcome to Fox News Democracy 25 special coverage. I'm Brett Baer, live from Fox News Election

0:53.9

Headquarters in New York. And I'm Martha Baer, live from Fox News election headquarters in New York.

0:55.3

And I'm Martha McCallum. Three big races shaping the map tonight. In New York, Fox News

1:01.2

project Zohran Mandani will become the city's first Democratic socialist mayor, beating

1:08.4

out Republican Curtis Sliwa and independent Andrew Cuomo.

1:12.4

In neighboring New Jersey, the Fox News decision desk projects that Democrat Mikey Sherrill will become the state's next governor there.

1:21.0

And meanwhile, Fox News also projects Democrat Abigail Spanberger will win the Virginia governor's race, flipping that seat to become the

1:29.3

Commonwealth's first female governor. We've got Fox team coverage tonight. Rich Edson in Virginia,

1:34.7

Brian Yennis in New Jersey, and Alexis McAdams in New York. Rick Hume is standing by, plus our panel

1:41.5

right here to break it all down. Dana Perino, Shannon Bream, Harold Ford Jr., and

1:46.9

Charlie Hurt. Take a live look now as supporters are gathered at campaign headquarters for New York's

1:52.9

mayoral candidates. And that is where we start with Alexis McAdams at the Mundani H.Q. In Brooklyn,

1:59.6

it's got to be getting pretty fired up there. Brett, that's right. The music is loud. The people are here. And it's kind of like, you know, when people say the party is not going to start till later. Don't show up until later on. Well, they showed up here right after the polls closed because for these supporters of Zorn Mbondani, it wasn't a question of whether he was going to win or not in New York City. It was how much he was going to win by. So they have the momentum, and it comes down to affordability. So sometimes politics can be difficult and complicated to explain to people. Mamdani, the 34-year-old Democratic socialist, tried to make it simple, okay? He said, I'm going to give you a free bus. I'm going to freeze your rent. I'm going to give a government-owned grocery store here in New York City. And people thought, sounds like a great idea. I'm going to vote for that guy because they reject the Democrat establishment, according to the voters I talked to. The younger, more liberal voters here in New York City, They they don't care who Chuck Schumer endorses. They don't care who Hakeem Jeffries backs. They care who's for the people of New York City and the people of the country. And whether people like him or not, he has a lot of support here, and people are excited for one time that I've seen talking to some of these voters about the future of the Democratic Party.

3:07.8

So what's going to happen in New York City tomorrow when he wakes up and heads to City Hall

3:11.6

and we'll be the next mayor here in the Big Apple. We'll have to see. But Andrew Cuomo

3:15.8

thought he could close the gap, but looks like he didn't have it. Brett.

3:19.6

Alexis, thank you. Bill Hammer at the board breaking down the results tonight.

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