Key off-year elections dominated by Trump, ongoing cost-of-living concerns

Key off-year elections dominated by Trump, ongoing cost-of-living concerns

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Closely watched off-year elections in several states will offer the first major opportunity for voters to weigh in at the ballot box since President Donald Trump began his second term — with cost-of-living, an area of Catholic social concern, once more playing a role. The elections — statewide races in New Jersey and Virginia, as well as the New York City mayoral race and the California redistricting referendum — will als…