BLOOMFIELD – “It’s never too late, you have till 8 o’clock.”

So said Rosemary Becchi as she spent some of the last hours of her

CD-11 congressional campaign going door-to-door here looking for votes.

Heavily Democratic Essex County is tough terrain for a Republican.

Doubters just had to look at a number of Biden and Black Lives Matter signs dotting the neighborhood on and off Broughton Avenue where Becchi visited voters this afternoon.

Becchi seemed undaunted by the city’s political make-up.

“You got to go where you need the votes,” she said.

Democrat Mikie Sherrill won Essex 2-1 in 2018, so Becchi’s aim is to hold down the margin – if she can.

“I think people feel differently this time,” she said.

Becchi planned to knock on more than 50 doors as the clock ticked toward 8 p.m.

When people answered, she introduced herself as a mom, a tax lawyer and a candidate endorsed by the state PBA.

One woman said she already had voted for Becchi.

Another said she was on her way to vote, but didn’t disclose a preference.

And then there was the guy who took a look at the candidate and her campaign literature and said that it was indeed “too late” for campaigning.