RELEASE: ARATI KREIBICH STATEMENT ON OFFICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS

Arati earned 34% of the vote, closing the gap by earning 45% in late returns & Election Day results

Glen Rock, NJ – The final totals from the July 7th NJ-5 primary are in, with key highlights including:

• Arati earned 26,432 votes (33.52%) after narrowing the margin significantly by averaging 45% of the vote in late vote-by-mail ballots and on Election Day. Arati earned the most votes of any Democratic primary challenger to an incumbent representative in at least the last decade in New Jersey.

• Arati won the Election Day vote in 16 towns: Paramus, Ridgewood, Glen Rock, Mahwah, Vernon, River Edge, Ringwood, Closter, Newton, Emerson, Harrington Park, Northvale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Sussex Borough, Andover Borough, and Rockleigh.

• Arati won Glen Rock (where she is a Council Member) with 57% of the vote.

Arati Kreibich released the following statement: “Our campaign has scored a huge success by mobilizing a broad local and national coalition to win unprecedented electoral support for a real Democratic agenda in North Jersey. These impressive results—amid historic Democratic primary turnout in NJ-5—prove that New Jersey progressives have the momentum.

“Our movement is ready to continue organizing locally for progressive values and electing Democrats up and down the ballot in November and beyond. Our amazing grassroots supporters, volunteers, and endorsers made all this possible. Thanks to you, we’re just getting started.”

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Dr. Arati Kreibich is a Council Member in Glen Rock, a neuroscientist, an immigrant, a mom, and a former candidate for Congress.