Former Progressive Caucus chair endorses Mejia

Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington), a prominent progressive congresswoman and the former chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, endorsed Analilia Mejia for New Jersey’s 11th congressional district this morning.

Jayapal is the latest national progressive figure to weigh in for Mejia, who was the national political director on Bernie Sanders’s 2020 presidential campaign; Sanders is backing Mejia, as are the Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California), and the Working Families Party.

“Analilia Mejia is the exact progressive fighter New Jersey’s 11th District needs,” Jayapal said in a statement. “Analilia is unbought, unbossed, and will never fold to Trump, MAGA extremists, or corporate special interests. She has spent her career standing up for workers, immigrants, and families, and as the daughter of Colombian and Dominican immigrants, she brings valuable lived experience to the fight for working families.”

Mejia faces ten other Democrats in the February 5 special election for the 11th district, which was previously held by Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill.