Key Highlights
- A far-left candidate backed by progressive champions Sen.
- Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep.
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N. Y, is close to pulling off an upset victory with votes still being counted in a Democratic congressional primary for a blue-leaning seat in New Jersey.
- Analilia Mejia, a progressive organizer, has a slight lead – 486 votes out of more than 61,000 counted – over former Democratic Rep.
- Tom Malinowski in the battle for their party's nomination in New Jersey's 11th Congressional District. Mejia and Malinowski are the leaders among a field of 11 Democratic candidates in the race to fill the seat left vacant after now-Gov.
