Rebecca Bennett Wins New Jersey House Primary, Setting Up Toss-Up Fight for 1 GOP Seat
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Updated · Fox News · May 29
Rebecca Bennett Wins New Jersey House Primary, Setting Up Toss-Up Fight for 1 GOP Seat
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 29
Summary
Former Navy helicopter pilot Rebecca Bennett won the Democratic nomination for New Jersey’s battleground House seat, advancing to a November race against Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr.
The contest is already rated a toss-up and could become Kean’s toughest re-election bid, with the suburban swing district seen as important to Republicans’ narrow House majority.
Kean has not appeared in public since early March and has missed 104 consecutive roll-call votes since March 5 while sidelined by an undisclosed medical issue he says he will explain within weeks.
Bennett emerged from a crowded Democratic field as a first-time candidate running less to the left than her rivals, while Kean ran unopposed and quickly drew renewed backing from Donald Trump and attacks from the NRCC.