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News & Current Events Apr 17, 2026 at 3:06 AM

Progressive Democrat wins New Jersey special election to succeed Mikie Sherrill

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SteveL_VA 1 day ago +82
Good - we need more progressives out there doing good work, helping the working class, making government work for the people.
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Cool_Ranch_Dodrio 21 hr ago +33
>The race was called minutes after polls closed, with Mejia leading by nearly 40 percentage points in early returns. Or what will soon be called a razor thin margin by people who don't want progressives to be allowed to run anywhere.
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ranatalus 1 day ago +45
Annoying that the article doesn't include her NAME (Analilia Mejia)
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tabrizzi 1 day ago +32
Not sure what article you read, because her name is in the summary and also appeared in each of the first 3 paragraphs. >Voters in northern New Jersey chose **Analilia ​Mejia**, a progressive Democrat who worked on Senator Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential election campaign, as their next representative in a special election ‌on Thursday, according to U.S. media. >The race was called minutes after polls closed, with **Mejia** leading by nearly 40 percentage points in early returns. >**Mejia**'s election will narrow Republicans' grip on the U.S. House of Representatives heading into the
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heynaldo88 1 day ago +11
Glad to see it turning on a regular basis. Hope the midterm is a slaughter and we can finally start to get sensible laws like severely limiting guns in this country.
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