It’s not just that Democrats nationwide are facing historical headwinds — as the party that wins the White House traditionally loses roughly 25 House seats in the ensuing midterm elections — and a very rough political climate dominated by skyrocketing inflation and capsulized by President Biden’s negative approval ratings.

Malinowski, who in 2018 became the first Democrat four decades to win election in New Jersey’s traditionally red 7th Congressional District and who won reelection in 2020 by a razor-thin margin, is seeking a third term in a district redrawn to be more Republican-friendly though the once-in-a-decade redistricting process.

Facing a challenging path ahead, Malinowski may get some help following an announcement Tuesday by a group of New Jersey Democrats, Republicans and independents to create a third party named the Moderate Party.

Its mission is to give centrist voters more of a voice, as many have become disillusioned with the feeling that the GOP and the Democratic Party have moved towards the fringes of the political spectrum.

The Moderate Party aims to act as a fusion party, which can nominate another party's candidate as their own nominee. The practice is banned in New Jersey, but if they overcome their legal challenges, organizers of the party plan to make Malinowski their nominee in November.

Toxic partisanship and polarization are killing our county and turning a lot of middle of the road voters away from politics. I hope that we’ve found a way here to give that silent majority a hope and some leverage to keep both parties closer to the center," Malinowski told Fox News in an interview on the eve of New Jersey's Tuesday primary.