Incumbent
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NJ-11 special Democratic nominee?
$2.3M
JAN 1, 2027
Candidate standings
Live market pricing for the leading candidates in this election.
Overview
Current roleU.S. Representative
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
Age48 years old (Aug 19, 1977)
GenderFemale
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LocationNew Jersey
BackgroundPolitician
EducationRutgers University–New Brunswick (degrees reported: BA, MPP, MA)
Notable personal detailsAnalilia Mejia is an American progressive activist and politician who became the U.S. representative for New Jersey’s 11th congressional district in April 2026. She has worked in labor and progressive advocacy, including leadership roles with the Center for Popular Democracy and New Jersey Working Families Alliance, and served as national political director for Bernie Sanders’s 2020 presidential campaign. She also served in the U.S. Department of Labor during the Biden administration, including as deputy director of the Women’s Bureau.
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Positions
LiberalConservative
Economy & Taxes
Supports taxing investment income at the same rate as earned income, closing tax loopholes used by the very wealthy, and imposing higher tax burdens on large corporations and billionaires to fund expanded social programs. Advocates a millionaire’s tax, stronger corporate tax enforcement, and policies to hold private equity and Wall Street accountable. Proposes tax relief for lower-income workers (e.g., exempting the first $40,000 of wages from federal income tax) alongside progressive revenue measures.
Healthcare
Supports Medicare for All / single-payer universal coverage with no out-of-pocket costs and comprehensive benefits (including mental health, dental, maternity, long-term care); advocates state and federal action to expand access and include immigrants. Plans include building public health infrastructure and protecting reproductive care.
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Immigration & Border
Supports expanded protections for immigrants, including deportation relief for parents of U.S. citizens, funding legal services for undocumented immigrants, ending cooperation between local law enforcement and ICE/CBP, and ending immigration detention. Has called for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and backs state- and federal-level measures to limit enforcement actions and expand access to services for undocumented people.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Analilia Mejía supports protecting bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom and advocates for ensuring access to abortion care. She has written about her own pregnancy termination and called for protected rights to make reproductive decisions.
Climate & Energy
Supports an aggressive Green New Deal–style agenda calling for phasing out fossil fuels, achieving a fully renewable-powered economy, major public investment in clean energy and green infrastructure, a no-new-fossil-fuels pledge, and large climate funding and job-creation programs to drive a just transition for workers and impacted communities.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports treating gun violence as a public-health and community-investment issue, prioritizing large-scale funding for gun-violence prevention, victims’ services, and community-based interventions while shifting police responsibilities away from non-acute mental-health and social-service responses. Advocates disrupting the interstate flow of guns and holding gun manufacturers and financial actors accountable, and calls for targeted investments rather than expanded punitive policing or mass incarceration.
News
AINews Summary
Last updatedJun 9, 2026
Analilia Mejia has won New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District special election and was sworn in to fill the seat left by Mikie Sherrill. She then won the Democratic primary for the district, setting up a November rematch with Republican Joe Hathaway. Reports say she ran as a strongly progressive candidate, with a campaign focused on immigration and opposition to ICE.
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Articles
TPThe Philadelphia Inquirer7 days ago
Winners in New Jersey's June congressional primary
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NNJ.com1 month ago
Mejia’s pro-immigrant win in N.J. signals shift for Democrats | Opinion
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WEWashington Examiner2 months ago
Analilia Mejia sworn in to replace Mikie Sherrill
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NNJ.com2 months ago
So is Mikie Sherrill running for president? | Mikie’s World
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Polls
Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 2026Total raisedCash on hand
$1.5M
$1.2M
$769.9K
$384.9K
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2026
LatestYear
Total raised
Cash on hand
Total spent
Burn rate
Cycle 2026
$1.5M
$134.4K
$1.4M
$82.7K
Source: FEC
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