Democrat Tom Malinowski concedes to Analilia Mejia in major for N.J. Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s former Home seat

Former Rep. Tom Malinowski has conceded the New Jersey particular election to fill Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s congressional seat. 

Malinowski was one in all 11 candidates on the Democratic poll for the eleventh Congressional District. He had been neck-and-neck with Analilia Mejia. 

Mejia, who held a slim lead over Malinowski, is anticipated to host a information convention later Tuesday afternoon with supporters.

“I congratulate Analilia Mejia on her onerous received victory within the NJ-11 particular major. I stay up for supporting her within the April normal election. It’s important that we ship a Democrat to Washington to fill this seat, not a rubber stamp for Donald Trump,” Malinowski stated in his concession. “I’m pleased with the joyful and substantive marketing campaign my group and I ran, and am immensely grateful to the volunteers and employees who made it attainable.” 

A crowded subject of 11 candidates ran within the Democratic major looking for the nomination for the district, which covers elements of Morris, Essex and Passaic Counties. 

Mejia will face Republican candidate Joe Hathaway, the mayor of Randolph, on April 16. 

Mejia beforehand labored for Sen. Bernie Sanders throughout his 2020  presidential bid, and was endorsed each by Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. 

Gov. Mikie Sherrill stated she’s spoken with Mejia and congratulated her. 

“I’ve recognized Analilia for years — I’ve seen her dedication to increasing alternative and preventing for working individuals. I do know she might be an awesome associate in Congress whether or not it’s preventing for the Gateway Tunnel or to guard our Constitutional rights,” Sherrill wrote on social media. 

Sen. Cory Booker congratulated Mejia, saying the district “deserves a consultant who will get up in opposition to the hurt Trump and Republicans are doing to our state.” 

“I noticed the grassroots power up shut once I campaigned along with her. This second is seismic as a result of it proves, once more, that after we wager on on a regular basis individuals, on a regular basis individuals win,” Rep. Adriano Espaillat stated. “The individuals spoke—and so they moved the bottom beneath our politics. 

Espaillat known as Mejia a “confirmed progressive who has performed the work.”