Overview
- Speaker Mike Johnson administered the oath, seating the Democrat to finish Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s remaining term.
- Mejia won the special election for New Jersey’s 11th District with 59.5% of the vote to Joe Hathaway’s 40% with 95% counted.
- The new congresswoman earlier edged former Rep. Tom Malinowski in an 11-candidate Democratic primary, 29.3% to 27.6%.
- An AIPAC-aligned group spent more than $2.3 million on ads against Malinowski and for Taesha Way, which the report said may have indirectly aided Mejia.
- Mejia is a social-justice organizer and former 2020 Bernie Sanders staffer who ran with endorsements from Sanders and several progressive House members.