Former Navy pilot Rebecca Bennett is has emerged victorious among four Democratic candidates vying to unseat Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) in a key battleground district that could determine control of the House.
The Associated Press called the race at 8:56 p.m. ET, with Bennet carrying 47.8 percent of the vote, more than 27 points ahead of the second-placed candidate.
Democrats are eyeing the seat as ripe for pickup, with the nonpartisan Cook Political Report ranking the district as a “toss-up.”
CD 7 spans Northern and Central New Jersey, including municipalities in Hunterdon County and Warren County, as well as parts of Union, Somerset, Morris, and Sussex counties. President Donald Trump narrowly won the district with 49.6 percent of the vote to 48.5 percent for Vice President Kamala Harris….