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Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, a newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, we get you up to speed before polls close tonight in California, New Jersey, New York, Virginia and beyond.

Sen. John Fetterman rejects socialism's influence in Democratic Party, telling Fox News that New York City's leftward politics don't represent party's future.

First, Latino voters were the vanguard of the New American Majority, growing in number and destined to lift the Democratic Party to new heights. Later, around 2020, they were the canary in the coal mine for Democrats’ problems with voters without a college degree.

Here are the most notable results from the night: Virginia: Democrat Abigail Spanberger defeated Republican Winsome Earle-Sears to flip control of the state’s governorship, setting her up to become the first woman to lead the state.

Representation and allyship are vital to encourage women from ethnic minorities into politics, an equality expert has said. Ellisha Soanes, a co-director of Aspire Black Suffolk and chief executive of Shine by ES Consulting, works to inspire the next generation, and speaks to schools about equality, diversity and inclusion.

The beleaguered, battered and bewildered Democratic Party had a good week. It’s been a long time since anyone has been able to say that. And it has given President Donald Trump and his Republican allies something to worry about.

After years on the perimeter of Westminster politics and known largely as the populist cheerleader for Brexit, Farage is increasingly making a pitch for power as the man to break a sclerotic political system, just as Donald Trump famously rode his golden escalator in 2015 to storm the US presidency.

Rep. Jared Golden, whose district is the most pro-Trump in the country represented by a Democrat, says he’s “grown tired of the increasing incivility and plain nastiness” in politics.

Jennifer Lawrence says she isn't sure she should keep sharing her Democratic political views, as "celebrities do not make a difference" on voting.