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Sanders hosts ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ rally with Mejia in NJ-11

January 20, 2026 11:22 amJanuary 20, 2026 11:22 am

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) visited New Jersey on Monday evening, providing support and a spotlight to Analilia Mejia, an ally now running for Congress in North Jersey. In a crowded 1,000-person theater at William Paterson University — with another 500...

Sanders will come to N.J. to rally with Mejia

January 9, 2026 6:20 pmJanuary 11, 2026 11:14 am

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont)’s “Fighting Oligarchy” tour is coming to New Jersey, and his endorsed candidate in the special election for New Jersey’s 11th congressional district, Analilia Mejia, will be making a starring appearance. The rally will be held at...

Analilia Mejia will run for NJ-11 with backing from Bernie Sanders

November 25, 2025 10:20 amNovember 25, 2025 5:26 pm

In a long-anticipated announcement that could dramatically shake up the race for Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill’s House seat, Analilia Mejia confirmed today that she’s running for Congress – and she’s already got an endorsement from her old boss, Senator Bernie Sanders...

NJ.com/Star-Ledger owner is major Sherrill donor

August 18, 2025 6:07 amAugust 18, 2025 3:11 pm

An heir to the $24 billion Newhouse publishing empire that owns NJ.com and the Star-Ledger has contributed over $400,000 to Democratic candidates nationally, and $16,700 to Mikie Sherrill’s campaigns for governor and Congress. Ben Newhouse, a 43-year-old Jersey City resident...

Wisniewski rejoins government as Turnpike Authority Commissioner

February 21, 2024 12:37 pmFebruary 21, 2024 5:34 pm

Seventeen years after he opposed Gov. Jon Corzine’s bid to sell the New Jersey Turnpike, former Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-Sayreville) will continue to safeguard one of the state’s major highways as a new commissioner of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority....

Where do N.J.’s members of Congress stand on the 2024 presidential race?

August 4, 2023 12:01 amAugust 3, 2023 10:13 pm

With the first Republican presidential debate only a few weeks away, the 2024 presidential campaign season is upon us, like it or not. So far, of New Jersey’s three Republican members of Congress, only one has made an endorsement in...

Analilia Mejia to head national progressive group

November 10, 2021 11:45 am

New Jerseyan Analilia Mejia is the new co-executive director of The Center for Popular Democracy, a leading multiracial organization group seeking to expand the power of progressives heading into the 2022 election. Mejia served as executive director of the New...