Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. (R-NJ) won renomination as the Republican nominee for New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District after Tuesday night’s primaries despite an unspecified medical issue that kept him out of the public eye for months.
Kean, 57, was unopposed in the GOP primary and is set to face off against the Democratic nominee, former Navy pilot Rebecca Bennett, in the general election. The Associated Press called the race for Bennett at 8:56 p.m. With 48% of ballots counted, 39-year-old Bennett held 47.7% of the vote, compared to second-place finisher, 42-year-old Tina Shah, who earned 20.2%.
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