New Jersey Democratic voters are picking their party’s candidate to fill a U.S. House seat opened up by Mikie Sherrill’s gubernatorial victory. A crowded field of candidates are seeking the nomination in Thursday’s special election. They include former U.S. Rep. Tom Malinowski; Brendan Gill, an elected commissioner in Essex County; Analilia Mejia, a onetime head of the Working Families Alliance in the state; and Tahesha Way, who served as lieutenant governor and secretary of state for two terms until last month. Sherrill vacated the seat after she won the governorship last year, opening up the competitive Democratic primary. In the Republican race, Randolph Mayor Joe Hathaway is unopposed.
