Rebecca Bennett (D) CALLED WINNER 57.90% 174,989 votes
Tom Kean Jr. (R) INCUMBENT 40.59% 122,665 votes
Rebecca Bennett, a Democrat and former Navy helicopter pilot, defeated Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press. The victory flips a Republican-held House seat.
Decision Desk HQ’s 9:19 p.m. CST returns showed Bennett with 174,989 votes, or 57.90%, and Kean with 122,665 votes, or 40.59%, with 94% reporting. Unaffiliated candidate Seamus O’Toole had 4,580 votes, or 1.52%.
AP/DDHQ call: Rebecca Bennett (D). Returns: Nov. 3, 9:19 p.m. CST. DDHQ results; AP call. National geographic map: Nov. 3, 9:14 p.m. CST. Blue: Democratic; red: Republican; gold: Other; gray: undecided. State bands count seats; they do not trace congressional district boundaries. U.S. Census state boundaries.
