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When Mikie Sherrill officially took over as Governor of New Jersey she vacated her seat in Congress representing New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District. Ballot-counting in a special Democratic primary election is now underway with the margin between Analila Mejia and Tom Malinowksi exceptionally tight. Joe Hathaway, the Republican candidate for NJ-11, spoke to Mendte in the Morning about the importance of the race and the Democratic nominee.
“This race from the jump was about the future of which party voters in New Jersey want,” Hathaway told host Larry Mendte. “We’ve defined the Republican party, and the Democrat party, the future is being defined.”
Hathaway thinks Mejia, who is currently ahead in the results and who has received endorsements from progressives Bernie Sanders and AOC, wouldn’t be an accurate representation of the voters in the district: “I believe this is a candidate who represents the fringes of her party and is, quite frankly, completely out of touch with the overall electorate in our district in CD-11.”
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