NJ-07: Despite absence, Rep. Tom Kean Jr. holds cash lead over Dem rivals
Rep. Tom Kean Jr., who has been absent from Congress since mid-March due to an unspecific health issue, saw his fundraising flatten in the last six weeks, though he still holds a cash lead in the House race for New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District.
Kean, a Republican seeking his third term in November, has raised nearly $4.6 million throughout this cycle, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. But he only raised $167,584 between April 1 and May 13, a fraction of the amount raised by all but one of the Democrats vying to challenge him.
“From any other incumbent in any other competitive race across the country, this would be anemic,” said Micah Rasmussen, director of Rider University’s Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics, adding, “Of course we know, in this case, it’s because he was off the grid. He was not raising money during this period.”
Kean’s prior fundraising was still strong, Rasmussen said, and the incumbent had just under $3.4 million banked as of May 13. That meant he had more in reserves than all of his would-be challengers combined.
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