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Posted on 04/17/2026 6:48:57 AM PDT by DFG
Progressive activist Analilia Mejia soundly defeated Republican Joe Hathaway in a special election Thursday in the 11th Congressional District, delivering a victory for Democrats in the runup to this fall’s midterm elections.
“In November, when I jumped into this race, the odds were stacked against us. But you know — we did the impossible, and we won,” Mejia said in a crowded hall at the Montclair Art Museum Thursday evening.
Mejia will fill the seat, vacated by Gov. Mikie Sherrill after Sherrill won the governorship in November, until Jan. 3, 2027.
The Associated Press called the race just seven minutes after polls closed, prompting a raucous crowd of Mejia supporters to cheer and dance. Several attendees wore blue shirts that read “Defend our democracy.”
With most of the votes in, Mejia leads Hathaway 60% to 40%, with more than 130,000 votes cast.
Mejia, the former head of the state’s Working Families Party and the national political director for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential run, campaigned on attacking President Donald Trump’s mass detention and deportation agenda, characterizing Israel’s attacks in Gaza as a genocide, and advocating for policies like universal health care and raising the minimum wage.
She defeated 10 other Democrats in February’s special primary, including former Rep. Tom Malinowski, a result that stunned many political observers.
She will be the first Latina to represent the 11th District in Congress, and only the second Latina to represent New Jersey in D.C.
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Swell!
Trump’s crew should be investigating election fraud.
Even though it’s New Jersey…
A Democrat won in Ewww Jersey? Tell me it ain’t so!
It’s the kind of Democrat that wins that is the concern.
More free stuff voters
:: It’s the kind of Democrat that wins that is the concern. ::
“campaigned on attacking President Donald Trump’s mass detention and deportation agenda, characterizing Israel’s attacks in Gaza as a genocide, and advocating for policies like universal health care and raising the minimum wage”
Turd-world concerns.
I don’t want to hear any woman in that district complaining when they get raped by an illegal. They deserve to get what they voted for.
They deserve to get what they voted for.
Good and hard.
The good news for the rest of America is that this result greatly enhances the odds that the Trump administration will follow through on its plan to shut down the military facilities at Picatinny Arsenal and move their functions to other states.
That does not bode well for the state, but they don't know it...yet.
“Defend our democracy.”
Stupid buffoons, we are not a democracy. They want mass rule. Stupidity is hard to combat.
There are far too many stupid people in this country.
That’s about the size of it.
Their parents allowed them to be indoctrinated in public schools and emotionally maipulated by the media at a young ‘mush brain’ age. And yes, most weren’t smart enough to notice the variance with reality.
Joisee, so......... Tony Soprano would approve. You know, union contracts and stuff. Capiche?
This seems to be Blue district, held by Dems for long time.
Not really any change.
The average income in that district is $141,000/yr,,,,,,and they elected a socialist by a landslide…..not good.
DemoKKKrat replaces a DemoKKKrat. Shocked, I tell ya!
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