AIPAC Spends $2M To Lose New Jersey Primary, Career Hit Denied

KEY POINTS

•In a 13-candidate primary for New Jersey’s 11th district, Analilia Mejia narrowly led Tom Malinowski by 500 votes.
•Malinowski, who raised $1.2 million, faced opposition from AIPAC spending over $2 million against him due to Israel aid conditions.
•Progressives like Mejia gained endorsements from Bernie Sanders and AOC, leaving establishment Democrats visibly alarmed.

In New Jersey’s wild 11th congressional district primary, progressive firebrand Analilia Mejia edged out former Democrat rep Tom Malinowski by a sprinkle of 500 votes—28.75% to 27.97%—in a 13-person slugfest after mail-in votes trickled in. Mejia's has-their-budget-of-$420,000 bankroll looked like a sad coffee budget compared to Malinowski's $1.2 million. Meanwhile, AIPAC decided to play spoiler with $2 million spent *against* Malinowski for daring to question Israel aid conditioning, confusing ‘support’ with ‘sniper fire.’ The lobby group secretly bankrolled a different Democrat, Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way. Meanwhile, progressives got a Bernie-Ocasio-Cortez stamp and the establishment is enthusiastically freaking out. One insider summed it up: ‘Yes.’