Analilia Mejia, a one-time labor organizer backed by progressive champions Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, is headed to Congress. Mejia, running on a ...

Jeff Capellini has been digital producer at CBS New York for 20 years. He previously worked for The Associated Press and several newspapers. CBS News projects that Democrat Analilia Mejia will win the ...

Rep. Analilia Mejia (D-N.J.) was officially sworn in to represent the Garden State’s 11th Congressional District on Monday, further narrowing the GOP majority in the lower chamber. Mejia, a top aide ...

Democrat Analilia Mejia defeated Republican Joe Hathaway Thursday in the New Jersey special election to replace Gov. Mikie Sherrill in Congress. Mejia, a former top campaign aide to democratic ...

Analilia Mejia is headed to Congress. New Jersey’s newest representative in Congress did not have to spend the night fretting about results, as the Associated Press, CNN, MSNOW and Decision Desk HQ ...

Democrat Analilia Mejia has won a House seat in New Jersey, according to Decision Desk HQ, succeeding now-Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) and notching a win for progressives. Mejia, a top aide to Sen. Bernie ...

When Mikie Sherrill left her seat in the U.S. House last fall to become New Jersey’s governor, Democrats braced for a test. On Thursday, they passed it. With 94% of the votes counted, Mejia had 59.5% ...

Ms. Mejia, who helped run Sen. Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign, beat her Republican opponent, Joe Hathaway, to win a seat Ms. Sherrill vacated after she was elected governor of New Jersey. By ...

Democrat Analilia Mejia has won the special election to fill New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s seat in the U.S. House, NBC News projects, defeating Republican Joe Hathaway. Subscribe to read this story ...

The deep-blue Garden State got a little bit redder Thursday night. New Jersey’s new congresswoman not only favors the same ruby shade of lipstick as “Squad” member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but ...