NJ-11: Mejia outraises Hathaway two-to-one in leadup to special election

Democrat Analilia Mejia has outraised Republican Joe Hathaway by a more than two-to-one margin in advance of next week’s special election for the 11th congressional district, according to fundraising reports filed late last week.

In her pre-general election report, which covers the period between January 17 (20 days before the special primary election) and March 27, Mejia reported raising $676,309. The vast majority of that came after the competitive February 5 primary, once Mejia was the Democratic nominee and previously splintered Democratic donors could coalesce behind her.

Hathaway, meanwhile, raised $264,015 in the same two-month span; he did not face a contested fight for the GOP nomination, but his haul similarly came almost entirely after the primary had concluded.

In total, Mejia has raised $1,096,527 since launching her campaign, while Hathaway has raised $524,828 since launching his nearly two months earlier. Mejia also had a major cash-on-hand advantage heading into the final stretch of the race: $373,509 to Hathaway’s $109,237.



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