After Sherrill's big win, Democrats eye Republican congressmembers in NJ
There’s a saying in politics: You’re never too far from the next election.
Just two weeks after Democrat Mikie Sherrill’s resounding 14-point victory over Republican Jack Ciattarelli in this year’s governor’s race, her party is eyeing a few GOP seats it believes can be flipped in next year’s midterms.
Democrats’ prime target: Republican Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. He was first elected in 2022 after redistricting added 17,000 registered Republicans to the seventh district. But Sherrill won it by one point earlier this month. Now, Kean faces a growing field of well-funded challengers. And whoever emerges as the Democratic nominee is poised to have the backing of national organizations like the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
“Tom Kean should be worried,” said Matthew Hale, a politics professor at Seton Hall University. “The fact that so many [Democrats] are jumping in is because they sense vulnerability, and so they're lining up to take a shot.”
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