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AIPAC failed in Tom Malinowski NJ election

Malinowski was targeted by AIPAC’s super PAC as he competed in a close special election.

AIPAC failed in Tom Malinowski NJ election
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This article1 analysis · Oct 10, 2026
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Unofficial results showed Tom Malinowski and Analilia Mejia in a dead heat in New Jersey’s special House election, after an AIPAC-linked super PAC spent more than $2 million on negative ads against Malinowski. The outcome remained uncertain, but the article said the group appeared to have fallen short of its preferred result.

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Tom Malinowski
Former U.S. Representative (D-NJ)

Democratic candidate in the New Jersey special election and target of AIPAC-linked spending

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Cori Bush
Former U.S. Representative (D-MO)

Former representative cited as a past target of AIPAC spending

Analilia Mejia
D · NJ-11

Democratic candidate competing with Malinowski in the special election

House candidate whom AIPAC reportedly preferred as an alternative

House candidate whom AIPAC reportedly preferred as an alternative

Mikie Sherrill
Former U.S. Representative (D-NJ)

New Jersey governor whose departure from the House created the vacancy

Jamaal Bowman
Former U.S. Representative (D-NY)

Former representative cited as a past target of AIPAC spending

Ilhan Omar
D · MN-5

Representative mentioned as a candidate AIPAC did not target in 2024

Representative who backed Mejia and criticized AIPAC’s attacks

Rashida Tlaib
D · MI-12

Representative mentioned as a candidate AIPAC did not target in 2024

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United Democracy Project Spends $2 Million Targeting Tom Malinowski

In New Jersey’s Democratic special primary, an AIPAC-linked super PAC spent more than $2 million targeting Tom Malinowski. As votes were counted, Malinowski and Analilia Mejia were closely matched. Center outlets frame the spending as an apparent electoral miscalculation, with some suggesting it may have helped Mejia; their accounts differ on whether she narrowly led or was in a dead heat.

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