How outlets cover Tom Malinowski FORMER U.S. REPRESENTATIVE (D-NJ) · Feb 4 – Feb 7, 2026
United Democracy Project Spends $2 Million Targeting Tom Malinowski
An AIPAC-linked super PAC spent more than $2 million targeting Tom Malinowski in New Jersey’s Democratic special primary. Coverage centers on whether the spending backfired as votes were counted.
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This story reports what happened without casting Malinowski in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Malinowski’s record.
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.
Outlets by lean
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Center outlets describe the spending as an apparent losing bet, with some suggesting it may have benefited Mejia as votes were counted.
How outlets portrayed Malinowski, by side
3 ARTICLESEach article counts once, however many sites carried it. Sides are each outlet’s published lean. How portrayal is read
Left: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral. Center: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 3 neutral. Right: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral.
1 UNRATED ARTICLE NOT SHOWN
When each side covered it
FEB 4 – 7Articles per day by side. FEB 4: Left 0, Center 0, Right 0. FEB 5: Left 0, Center 0, Right 0. FEB 6: Left 0, Center 2, Right 0. FEB 7: Left 0, Center 1, Right 0.
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Only center outlets have covered this. We’ll alert you when a left- or right-leaning outlet does.Only center outlets have covered this so far. We’ll alert you when a left- or right-leaning outlet does.