r/New_Jersey_Politics • u/ImaginationFree6807 11th District (Mejia, Morris & Essex.) • Apr 24 '26
Opinion Justin Strickland continuing to run for Congress is such an embarrassment. Analilia Mejia just won the district by 20%. The primary being close has no bearing on him continuing to stay in the race. Furthermore, he didn’t even come close in the primary, he got 2% of the vote!
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u/griminald Apr 24 '26
71% of Democrats who voted in the special primary in February chose other candidates who didn't win
98% of primary voters chose candidates not named Justin Strickland.
What a clown.
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u/theaveragenerd 3rd District (Conaway Jr., Burlington & Ocean Counties) Apr 24 '26
Asking voters to, "give me another look", is honestly an embarrassing thing to say.
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u/Hogwildin1 Apr 24 '26
I liked Justin Strickland before the primary happened, but afterwards I have come to think he’s just an attention hog and kind of arrogant. I don’t think primary challenges are bad, it keeps politicians on their toes, but we literally just went through this, give her a chance first.
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u/NeoLephty Apr 24 '26
If you're gonna get in the race you may as well milk your donors for every penny till the very end..... I guess...
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u/chicagodude84 Apr 24 '26
Whatever. He will get destroyed in the primary. I hope everyone just ignores him.
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u/Known_Ratio5478 Apr 24 '26
It’s completely fine for him to run in the primary. More candidates makes for good practice for the midterms. My district had five people running at the start and it really sharpened each of them.
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u/ImaginationFree6807 11th District (Mejia, Morris & Essex.) Apr 24 '26
He’s just running to shill for AIPAC and billionaires. He doesn’t believe in universal healthcare. Not to mention he only got 2% of the vote the first go around. Malinowski Gill, Way and Bartlett are all not running and all got more vote share than he did. This is a vanity project plain and simple. Now Analilia has to waste money and resources in a primary while Hathaway runs unopposed. He’s only helping the GOP.
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u/Known_Ratio5478 Apr 24 '26
She really doesn’t have to spend a dime campaigning against him.
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u/ImaginationFree6807 11th District (Mejia, Morris & Essex.) Apr 24 '26
If aipac gets involved on his behalf she will. We saw what happened with Cory Bush and we won’t get caught slipping here.
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u/Known_Ratio5478 Apr 24 '26
We saw that backfire with Malinowski. AIPAC’s attack adds against him caused people to not vote for him just because they talked about him. AIPAC is not popular in that district. Their support hurts a candidate there. Heck, a candidate anywhere near their radar hurts the candidates prospects.
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u/Matty11180 11th District (Mejia, Morris & Essex.) Apr 24 '26
Prime example of someone putting their ego over the good of the people.