RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — On Election Day in 2018, Cathy Brienza opened her light blue colonial in a New Jersey suburb to dozens of Democratic activists for a get-out-the-vote rally. A freshman congressman, Josh Gottheimer, addressed a crowd filled with voters angered by Donald J. Trump’s presidency and hopeful of regaining Democratic control of the House. Fueled by a so-called blue wave, Democrats flipped four seats in New Jersey, re-elected Mr. Gottheimer and won the House. Now, as another midterm election looms, Ms. Brienza is again thinking about Mr. Gottheimer. “He is undermining President Biden’s agenda,” said Ms. Brienza, 62, the founder of Ridgewood JOLT, which grew after the 2017 Women’s March into a 1,400-member political organizing group based in Ridgewood, N.J.

Source: New York Times October 03, 2021 15:11 UTC