Tom Kean Jr. Upset Possible, While Democrats Dominate New Jersey Races

Republican congressional candidate Tom Kean Jr. is in line to pull out an upset over Democrat incumbent Tom Malinowski in New Jersey's seventh congressional district.

According to the New York Times, with 95 percent of precincts reporting, Kean has won 153,082 votes compared to 139, 404 votes for Malinowski, or better represented, Kean has won 52 percent of the vote.

Malinowski had held that seat in the seventh congressional district since 2018. He is one of a number of flips that went from Democrat to Republican, even though it was not the sizable red wave across the country that many had predicted.

Kean Jr., is the son of former New Jersey governor Tom Kean. Kean was a New Jersey Assemblyman from 2001-2003 and served the 21st legislative district which covers Union, Morris, Somerset and Essex Counties. He ran against Malinowski two years ago, and narrowly lost. This time was much differnet.

The news comes as Democrats mostly dominated New Jersey's mid-term election. Notable winners include Josh Gottheimer (D - 6th Congressional District); Robert Menedez Jr. (D- 8th Congressional District) Bill Pascrell (D - 9th congressional District);Donald Payne (D -10th Congressional District);  Mikie Sherill (D - 11th Congressional District), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D - 12th congressional District).

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