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New Jersey’s 11th District

U.S. House · NJ-11

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of November 2, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 25.3 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 62.6%

    Analilia Mejia, incumbent

  • Republican 37.4%

    Joe Hathaway

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

What Orbit says

Orbit, our experimental model, picks the same favourite as our main forecast: the Democrat, with a 97% chance (> 99% according to Harfang des neiges).

ModelFavouriteChance
Harfang des neigesDemocrat> 99%
OrbitDemocrat97%
50/50 blendDemocrat98%

Figures as of November 2, 2026. The blend averages the two chances; in replays of the 2018 and 2022 Quebec elections, it beat our main forecast on its own.

Every race according to Orbit

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican Other
NJ-11 62.6%37.4%0.0%
National averageUnited States 54.9%+7.7 43.9%−6.5 1.2%−1.2

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over13.9% (± 0.4)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Analilia Mejia · Democrat

Primary results

Held June 2, 2026 · Certified official result · Official source

Democratic primary Analilia Mejia 81.7% 52,908 votes
Republican primary Joe Hathaway 100.0% 23,961 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Analilia Mejia

    source
  • Other Challenger

    Matrisciano, Vincent

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

  • Republican Challenger

    Joe Hathaway

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 14.7 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 25.3 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • NJ-9 Democrat, safe seat
  • NJ-10 Democrat, safe seat
  • NJ-5 Democrat, safe seat
  • NJ-8 Democrat, safe seat
  • NJ-7 Democrat, toss-up
  • NJ-12 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Democrat55%5.7-point gap
  2. VA-1Republican55%5.7-point gap
  3. MI-4Republican56%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated