Morris Township Deputy Mayor Jeff Grayzel filed with the Federal Election Commission as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th district.
“This is not a challenge to Mikie Sherrill, but I have to be prepared,” Grayzel told the New Jersey Globe.
The two-time mayor announced in February that he was mulling a congressional run if Sherrill was not a candidate for a fifth term, and said in July that he would run if Sherrill is elected governor.
He’s the second candidate to affirmatively say he wants to run in the 11th district, assuming the seat becomes open; last December, Chatham Borough Councilman Justin Strickland, a retired U.S. Army captain who served two combat tours in Iraq, filed campaign paperwork for what could be a special election in early 2026. Former Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) has also publicly expressed interest in the seat, and a whole host of other Democrats, including plenty of local state legislators and county and local elected officials, are looking at the race as well.
Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill (D-Montclair) and Passaic County Commissioner John Bartlett (D-Wayne) are almost certain to run; other possible candidates include: Assemblywoman Rosy Bagolie (D-Livingston); South Orange Mayor Sheena Collum, who was the running mate of Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, one of Sherrill’s opponents, in last week’s gubernatorial primary; activist Anna Lee Williams; Jack Miller, the former communications director at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management under Joe Biden, who was raised in Morristown and lives in Montclair; and Cammie Croft, the new media rapid response director for Obama and the deputy new media director at the White House.
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