John -- From the beginning, my campaign for New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District has focused on New Jersey’s ballot design and how the political machine here uses it to stay in power. 

But instead of being ashamed, the establishment has doubled down on its losing strategy of dirty tricks and moderate politics. 

Now they’re trying to use the redistricting process to surgically cut me out of the district by moving my historically Black neighborhood from the majority-minority 10th to the majority white 11th district.

This type of backroom political maneuvering is gross for many reasons -- not least because redistricting is supposed to make our democracy more representative, not less. 

But, we’re not going to let them win. To learn more about my campaign’s push for fair redistricting, click here to read my blog post for Brand New Congress. 

And you can support our fight by splitting a contribution between my campaign and BNC.

The establishment is concerned that NJ-11’s white incumbent is vulnerable to a Republican challenger and that NJ-10’s Black incumbent is vulnerable to a Black progressive.

Their proposed solution is to take my neighborhood and put it in a majority white district, sacrificing Black political power at the altar of the white moderate, pitting me against Mikie Sherrill, and artificially placing a glass ceiling on how many women get to represent New Jersey.

The same thing is happening in districts all across the country, affecting every candidate on the BNC slate.

The good news is we are already seeing push back on these corrupt proposals.

We need your support to maintain our momentum and to show the establishment that they can’t just sweep us under the rug. Please consider joining the movement and becoming a contributor:

You can read the full story behind this redistricting fight in my recent blog on the BNC website.

If you are a New Jersey resident, please consider coming to speak at the next Redistricting Commission meeting. You can sign up here: Join Our Movement (ngpvan.com)

Thank you for standing with us in this fight.

Imani Oakley
Candidate for Congress (NJ-10)