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美国新泽西州民主党众议院候选人安娜利利亚·梅希亚（Analilia Mejia）（中）与支持者一同前往投票站，在新泽西州蒙特克莱尔开始提前投票的第一天（2026年1月29日，周四）。梅希亚是11名民主党候选人之一，他们争夺下周初选中新泽西州州长米基·谢里尔（Mikie Sherrill）空出的众议院席位。
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在上个月的一场辩论中，当被问及是否同意人权组织称以色列在加沙犯下种族灭绝罪时（以色列政府对此予以否认），新泽西州第11选区民主党初选中，只有安娜利利亚·梅希亚举手表示同意。
如今，她可能即将当选国会议员，这在一定程度上要归功于美国以色列公共事务委员会（AIPAC）在其竞选中的努力。
投票结果仍在统计中，梅希亚在周四新泽西州第11选区的特别选举初选中，以微弱优势领先前众议员汤姆·马林诺夫斯基（Tom Malinowski）。但此次结果对AIPAC而言是一次令人尴尬的失败——该组织曾支持马林诺夫斯基，却资助了一个团体花费约200万美元广告攻击他。
“这是美国政治史上最严重的‘乌龙球’之一，”中间派民主党智库“第三条道路”（Third Way）联合创始人马特·贝内特（Matt Bennett）表示，“简直愚蠢至极。”
马林诺夫斯基是一名温和派民主党人，随着美国民主党对以色列政府在2023年10月7日哈马斯袭击后的行动日益持怀疑态度，他表示愿意调整对以色列的援助条件。
与此同时，梅希亚在2020年伯尼·桑德斯（Bernie Sanders）总统竞选期间担任其全国政治主任，她得到了桑德斯、马萨诸塞州参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦（Elizabeth Warren）以及纽约州众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科特兹（Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez）的支持。
“我希望民主党人开始明白，无论中间派还是进步派，AIPAC都不是我们的朋友，”奥卡西奥-科特兹在X平台（原推特）上写道，“他们是一个右翼组织，破坏民主。”
与AIPAC结盟的超级政治行动委员会“联合民主项目”（United Democracy Project）在广告中试图将马林诺夫斯基描绘成支持美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）的人，他们援引了他2019年投票支持一项两党支出法案，该法案为该机构提供了资金。
“我认为选民会认为这种攻击特别令人发指，并且对发起攻击的团体构成不利因素，”马林诺夫斯基本周告诉CNN。
尽管AIPAC做出了这些努力，根据目前的计票结果，周四初选中获胜者将是马林诺夫斯基或梅希亚。获得民主党以色列多数派（Democratic Majority for Israel）支持的前副州长塔赫莎·韦（Tahesha Way）目前远落后于两人，位居第三。
“联合民主项目将密切关注数十场初选，包括6月的新泽西州第11选区初选，以确保亲以色列候选人当选国会议员，”联合民主项目发言人帕特里克·多顿（Patrick Dorton）周五表示。
新泽西州第11选区
| 候选人 | 百分比 | 票数 |
| — | — | — |
| 安娜利利亚·梅希亚（民主党） | 28.9% | 18,058 | 领先676票 |
| 汤姆·马林诺夫斯基（民主党） | 27.8% | 17,382 |
| 塔赫莎·韦（民主党） | 17.4% | 10,872 |
已统计约93%的选票
美国东部时间2月6日下午4:38更新
梅希亚周五谴责了AIPAC针对马林诺夫斯基的行为。
“我很反感他们攻击汤姆·马林诺夫斯基，但我无需目睹这场‘袭击’，就能明白他们所采用的手段并对此表示反对，”她说。
左翼长期以来一直抱怨AIPAC在民主党初选中的影响力，该组织花费数百万美元试图阻止进步派进入国会，或在初选中将其驱逐。密苏里州前众议员科里·布什（Cori Bush）和纽约州前众议员贾马尔·鲍曼（Jamaal Bowman）在2024年的初选中就败于AIPAC支持的候选人。
“首先，这次选举清楚地表明，民主党选民拒绝了AIPAC，”支持进步派挑战者的“正义民主党”（Justice Democrats）发言人乌萨马·安德拉比（Usamah Andrabi）表示，“由于我们运动揭露了他们的所作所为，AIPAC的支出和对候选人的支持在民主党初选中正成为‘死亡之吻’。”
AIPAC的策略可能进一步损害该组织与民主党中间派的关系。
“我可以告诉你们，今天中间派民主党人的愤怒是真实的，”“第三条道路”的贝内特说。
民主党人担心，AIPAC及其联盟组织已经通过其他团体的资金支持介入即将到来的初选。亲以色列游说团体去年采用了类似策略，当时“联合民主项目”在俄勒冈州众议院初选中，向支持一名温和派民主党人的团体进行了100万美元的紧急捐款。
伊利诺伊州第9选区的候选人指出，新成立的超级政治行动委员会“选举芝加哥女性”（Elect Chicago Women）最近开始投放41.5万美元广告支持州参议员劳拉·法因（Laura Fine）。该组织于上月底提交了组织声明，其2月的捐赠者名单需等到该州3月17日初选后才会披露。
“新泽西州民主党人发出了明确信号，拒绝AIPAC的右翼企图‘购买’国会席位，3月17日伊利诺伊州民主党人也会这样做，”伊万斯顿市市长丹尼尔·比斯（Daniel Biss）在一份声明中表示，他是与法因竞争的候选人之一。
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法因竞选团队未立即回应置评请求。
“这仅仅是个开始，”中间偏左亲以色列组织“J街”（J Street）政治与数字战略副总裁塔利·德格鲁特（Tali deGroot）表示，该组织计划在大选中投入300万美元支持亲民主的民主党候选人，“尽管他们在周四的选举中惨败，但未能选出与他们立场一致的候选人，但其政治影响力并未消失。”
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Analilia Mejia, US Democratic House candidate for New Jersey, center, walks with supporters to cast her ballot on the first day of early voting in Montclair, New Jersey, US, on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. Mejia is one of 11 Democrats vying to fill the House seat vacated by Mikie Sherrill, New Jersey’s new governor, in next week’s primary.
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During a forum last month, Analilia Mejia was the only person running in the Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 11th District who raised her hand when asked if she agreed with human rights groups that say Israel has committed a genocide in Gaza, a charge the Israeli government rejects.
Now, she may be on her way to Congress thanks in part to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s efforts in her race.
With votes still being counted, Mejia has a narrow lead over former Rep. Tom Malinowski after Thursday’s special election primary for the seat vacated by Gov. Mikie Sherrill. But the results appeared to be an embarrassing defeat for AIPAC, which helped fund a group that spent roughly $2 million on ads targeting Malinowski despite once supporting him.
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“One of the great own goals in the history of American politics,” said Matt Bennett, a co-founder of Third Way, a moderate Democratic think tank. “Unbelievably dumb.”
Malinowski is a moderate who expressed openness for conditioning aid to Israel as the national Democratic Party shows more skepticism about the Israeli government in the wake of its offensive following Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attacks.
Mejia, meanwhile, served as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ national political director during his 2020 presidential campaign. She was backed by Sanders as well as Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
“I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X. “They are a right-wing organization that undermines democracy.”
United Democracy Project, a super PAC aligned with AIPAC, sought in its ads to portray Malinowski as supportive of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, pointing to a 2019 vote for a bipartisan spending bill that provided funding to the agency.
“I think voters see that attack as particularly outrageous and disqualifying for the group that is promoting it,” Malinowski told CNN this week.
Despite those efforts, the winner of Thursday’s primary will be either Malinowski or Mejia, based on current vote totals. Former Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way, who was endorsed by the Democratic Majority for Israel, is currently in a distant third place.
“UDP will be closely monitoring dozens of primary races, including the June NJ-11 primary, to help ensure pro-Israel candidates are elected to Congress,” Patrick Dorton, a spokesperson for the United Democracy Project, said Friday.
House 11: New Jersey
| CANDIDATE | PERCENT | VOTES |
| — | — | — |
| Analilia Mejia Democratic | 28.9% | 18,058 676 ahead |
| Tom Malinowski Democratic | 27.8% | 17,382 |
| Tahesha Way Democratic | 17.4% | 10,872 |
Est.
93%
votes in
Updated 4:38 p.m. ET, Feb. 6
Mejia on Friday denounced AIPAC’s efforts against Malinowski.
“I was disgusted that they were going after Tom Malinowski, but I didn’t need to see the assault to know the practices that they employ, and to be against it,” she said.
The left has long bemoaned AIPAC’s influence in Democratic primaries, as the group has spent millions seeking to block progressives from Congress, or oust them in primaries. Former Reps. Cori Bush of Missouri and Jamaal Bowman of New York lost primaries in 2024 to AIPAC-backed candidates.
“First and foremost, this election was a clear rejection of AIPAC by Democratic voters,” said Usamah Andrabi, a spokesperson for Justice Democrats, which backs progressive challengers and supported Bowman and Bush. “AIPAC spending and support for candidates is becoming a kiss of death in Democratic primaries because of the work our movement has done to expose them.”
AIPAC’s strategy could also further harm ties between the group and the moderate wing of the party.
“I can tell you that the anger among moderate Democrats is real today,” said Bennett, of Third Way.
Democrats worry that AIPAC and allied groups are already involved in upcoming primaries by funneling their money through other groups. The pro-Israel lobby deployed a similar tactic last year, when the United Democracy Project made a late $1 million donation to a group backing a moderate Democrat in an Oregon US House primary.
Candidates in the Illinois 9th District primary have pointed to Elect Chicago Women, a new super PAC that according to the tracking firm AdImpact recently started a $415,000 ad buy backing state Sen. Laura Fine. The group, which filed its statement of organization late last month, won’t have to disclose its February donors until after the state’s March 17 primary.
“New Jersey Democrats sent a clear message by rejecting AIPAC’s right-wing attempt to buy a congressional seat, and on March 17, Illinois Democrats will do the same,” Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss, who is one of several candidates running against Fine, said in a statement.
Daniel Biss, mayor of Evanston, Illinois, attends a rally at Federal Plaza in Chicago after the announcement that the Trump administration has unilaterally ended the collective bargaining agreement with federal unions, Aug. 12, 2025.
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The Fine campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“This is just the opening chapter,” said Tali deGroot, vice president of political and digital strategy at J Street, a center-left pro-Israel group that plans to spend $3 million backing pro-democracy Democrats in the general election. “Even though they failed so epically (Thursday) night to elect a candidate that aligns with them, their political influence is not going away.”
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