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ncumbent Democrats in New Jersey trounced progressive challengers across House primaries Tuesday, two weeks after liberals appeared likely to have scored key victories in still undecided races in neighboring New York.
Lawmakers in all primaries were either leading their challengers by substantial margins or outright clinched the Democratic nomination in their races Tuesday night despite a surge in mailed-in ballots that will continue to be accepted until next week.
The easy wins marked a contrast to New York, where progressive Jamaal Bowman was leading Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), the chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, by 25 points in an election that is still to be called. Meanwhile, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D), chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, was running neck-and-neck with Democratic challenge Suraj Patel.
By contrast, no challenger got close in New Jersey.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/506325-incumbents-steamroll-progressive-challengers-in-new-jersey-house-primaries
TheBlackAdder
(28,208 posts)Indykatie
(3,697 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,208 posts).
They got tired of spending a lot of money to run for office, so they got together and carved out R districts and D districts, and it is very hard to flip one of them to the other party. I would have liked to have seen competitive districts so people aren't disenfranchised, but that's the way it is. It's a form of gerrymandering that was mutually embraced by both major parties.
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Skraxx
(2,977 posts)Last edited Wed Jul 8, 2020, 09:57 AM - Edit history (2)
My district is weird though, it carves out a small part of North Jersey (Essex County-Very Blue) and dumps it in with West Jersey (Redder). Mikey is a good rep for us now though, she's a vet, so she appeals to a lot of those moderate Repubs in West NJ.
HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts)The 11th. district itself only goes south as far as Bloomfield - while some of it is in Essex, most of it is in Morris, with a touch in Passaic and Sussex counties - North and West. It doesn't really go anywhere near Central Jersey.
Unless of course I'm misunderstanding you.
Skraxx
(2,977 posts)I'm in N. Bloomfield. And it is redder the more West you go.
HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts)We lived right next to Brookdale Park - Mikie was our Rep by literally 50 feet the way the district is drawn, which was kinda funny. Now we're more firmly in Sherrill country.
Also, fun fact - the 11th. district is one of the top 10 most affluent in the country - pretty neat that it went Blue in the House.
Skraxx
(2,977 posts)Morris Cty,...We should probably ahve been in Pascrell's district. It was shitty having Frelinghuysen all those years...Mikie is great!
Tarheel_Dem
(31,234 posts)Cha
(297,287 posts)Last edited Wed Jul 8, 2020, 04:13 AM - Edit history (1)
Edited out a snip from 2 years ago.
Good Luck to Maloney in New York!
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)They are neck and neck right now and mail ins start being counted today
Cha
(297,287 posts)look at the date.
Thank you, sunonmars.. I shall edit!
Cornus
(871 posts)I voted straight column A which was the progressive line, along with Bernie Sanders who, for some reason, did not appear with the other progressives.
R B Garr
(16,954 posts)rejected by actual voters.
Bettie
(16,110 posts)SO, these people are obviously doing well.
Primaries are a good thing.