NJ-11: Tom Malinowski makes it official: He's running to succeed Mikie Sherrill [View all]

Four years ago today, Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) was in the fight for his political life. Facing a well-known Republican foe in a district that had been deliberately redrawn to become more conservative and that many of his fellow Democrats believed to be unwinnable, Malinowski narrowly lost re-election, bringing his four years in Congress to an end.

Today, his comeback campaign begins. With Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill soon to depart her seat in the 11th congressional district – one seat over from the 7th district Malinowski used to represent – the former congressman announced this morning that he’ll run in the as-yet unscheduled special election to succeed her.

“I feel very strongly that we need a Congress that will check the president’s corruption and abuse of power, and go back to doing its job to build an economy that works for people bottom-up rather than billionaire-down,” Malinowski told the New Jersey Globe. “I’ve got the experience, I’ve done it before, and I’ll be ready to do it effectively the day I’m elected.”

Malinowski’s ambitions have been known for some time; he said over the summer, after Sherrill had won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, that he was interested in running for her seat, and he filed campaign finance paperwork earlier this week. He’s set to properly launch his campaign later this morning in Millburn.


https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/tom-malinowski-makes-it-official-hes-running-to-succeed-mikie-sherrill/