New Jersey GOP Thomas Kean Jr. lost his reelection bid Tuesday night in the state's 7th congressional district to Democrat Rebecca Bennett.
Kean was seeking his third term in a district that has switched parties in each of the last two midterm elections, according to the Associated Press, which called the race for Bennett at 9:48 p.m. ET. Kean was elected during the 2022 midterms, taking the seat from Democrat Tom Malinowski, who won the seat during the 2018 midterms.
With 77% of the vote counted, Bennett leads Kean by 20.9 percentage points.
Kean's re-election bid was hurt in part by his unexplained absence earlier this year, during which he missed more than 100 votes due to what was described as a health issue. When Kean finally re-emerged, he said he had been hospitalized due to depression.
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