US EditionMalinowski, Mejia locked in tight primary race for Sherrill’s House seat in New Jersey
Analilia Mejia leads by less than 1%, with over 61,000 votes counted in a race shaped by progressive endorsements and $2.3 million spent by a pro-Israel group.
- On Thursday, the special Democratic primary was too early to call as Analilia Mejia led Tom Malinowski by 486 votes with more than 61,000 counted, prolonging uncertainty.
- Mail-In processing delays left additional ballots uncounted as Tom Malinowski outperformed Analilia Mejia among mail-ins in all three counties, with ballots arriving through Wednesday still unprocessed.
- Mejia, a former Sanders political director endorsed by Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez, led ahead of Malinowski, who was endorsed by Sen. Andy Kim, amid a crowded race.
- The Democratic primary winner will advance to the April 16 special general against Randolph mayor Joe Hathaway, who was unopposed in the Republican primary, to fill Sherrill's term ending next January.
- The district covers Essex, Morris and Passaic counties, with shifting partisan loyalty since Trump's first term creating competitive races between Mejia and Malinowski.
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AIPAC allies picked a candidate to target in New Jersey. They may have boosted a stronger critic of Israel
During a forum last month, Analilia Mejia was the only person running in the Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 11th District who raised her hand when asked if she agreed with human rights groups that say Israel has committed a genocide in Gaza, a charge the Israeli government rejects.
NJ’s special election makes Michigan’s Dem primary messier
New Jersey’s special election is still too close to call with Bernie-backed radical Analilia Mejia climbing into the lead against the Democrat establishment’s handpicked candidate, Tom Malinowski. But one thing is clear: the Democrat base is more anti-Israel, anti-ICE, and anti-Chuck Schumer than ever before and it’s not a good sign for Schumer’s handpicked candidate Haley Stevens in her brutal primary against another Bernie-backed candidate, A…
AIPAC's $4 million campaign badly backfires in NJ Democratic primary
A relatively unknown progressive candidate surged into the lead in the special New Jersey Democratic primary to replace Gov. Mikie Sherrill in Congress after pro-Israel groups spent millions attacking former Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-N.J. Several news outlets like The Hill, Bloomberg and NJ Insider called the election for Malinowski Thursday night before a considerable number of day-of votes for progressive activist and union organizer Analalia Mej…
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