NJ-11: Morris County Democrats vote to endorse Malinowski

Morris County Democrats have voted to endorse former 7th district Rep. Tom Malinowski in the fast-approaching special Democratic primary election for New Jersey’s 11th congressional district, a key endorsement for a man who once represented parts of Morris County in Congress and now hopes to do so again.

The convention was conducted using ranked-choice voting, and Malinowski won on the ninth round of balloting with 235 votes (53%); finishing in second and third place were Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill with 131 votes (29%) and Bernie Sanders 2020 national political director Analilia Mejia with 80 votes (18%).

In the first round, before any candidates were eliminated as part of the ranked-choice process, Malinowski received 188 votes (41%) to Gill’s 110 (24%), meaning that Malinowski would have won the convention with a solid plurality even if ranked-choice voting was not used.

Coming far behind the top two finishers were Mejia with 36 votes, Chatham Borough Councilman Justin Strickland with 31 votes, Lieutenant Gov. Tahesha Way with 28 votes, and Passaic County Commissioner John Bartlett with 22 votes. Earning only a handful of votes each were former Army paratrooper Zach Beecher (13 votes), activist Anna Lee Williams (8 votes), Maplewood Committeeman/former Mayor Dean Dafis (7 votes), former Obama administration official Cammie Croft (7 votes), Morris Township Committeeman/former Mayor Jeff Grayzel (6 votes), and attorney and comedian J-L Cauvin (5 votes); two voters abstained.



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