Gov. Kathy Hochul isn’t from New York City, but she could be its biggest mass transit defender in a generation. She has embraced that distinction in her re-election campaign. More

The president has a largely ceremonial role, except after elections when it is his responsibility to pick a candidate for prime minister. More

It was a showdown of sorts in western Texas as James Talarico and Ken Paxton appeared at dueling rallies on either side of a prairie-dog-filled city park. More

In the legal tangle between the Justice Department and California, a federal judge on Tuesday deferred a ruling but said the government already had a remedy it could use after the election. More

From Abdul El-Sayed to James Talarico and Rob Sand, this election has revealed a new class of millennial talent in the Democratic Party. On “The Ezra Klein Show,” the polling analyst Nate Silver explains why he thinks these candidates are the result of what he calls the “Steph Curry effect.” More