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Kean, who has been absent from Congress with a mystery medical issue \u200bsince early March, ran unopposed.<\/div>\n<div>Kean and Bennett will now square off in November for a seat \u200bthat has changed party hands twice within the past eight years and now ranks as a key target for Democrats hoping to capture the House of Representatives. Independent analysts rate the contest as a toss-up.<\/div>\n<div>The swing district \u200bof suburbs and small towns stretches from Staten Island to the Pennsylvania border and includes \u200bPresident Donald Trump&#8217;s Bedminster golf course. Trump carried the district in 2024, edging out Democrat Kamala Harris by \u200cjust \u2060over a percentage point.<\/div>\n<div>Kean, 57, is the scion of a storied New Jersey political family. His father, Thomas, was governor for nearly two decades. His great grandfather was a longtime congressman. And he is descended from the state&#8217;s first governor, William Livingston. Most recently, Kean has been \u200bprominent for missing more \u200bthan 100 House votes \u2060due to an undisclosed medical condition.<\/div>\n<div>Hours before polls closed, Kean released a statement promising to be transparent about his health but pushing his \u200breturn to work further into the future, after saying on May 21 \u200bthat he \u2060would be back in &#8220;a couple of weeks.&#8221; &#8220;Right now, I am focused on my recovery and under the advice of healthcare professionals, I will transition from virtual to in person work within a \u2060matter of \u200bweeks,&#8221; Kean said.<\/div>\n<div>Bennett, 39, a healthcare executive and former \u200bU.S. Navy helicopter pilot, has been seen as the Democratic frontrunner, with a fund-raising advantage and endorsements from Democratic parties \u200bin the district&#8217;s four largest counties.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=839\">\u2018Prairie populist\u2019 Turek wins Democratic nomination for US Senate in Iowa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=838\">Hostilities flare in Iran war, oil jumps with talks at a stalemate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=836\">Trump 2020 election denier Kurt Olsen joins Justice Department<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rebecca Bennett emerged from a highly competitive primary to take on Republican Representative Thomas Kean in the November general election in New Jersey&#8217;s seventh congressional district.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-united-states"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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