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

Author Michael Cohen
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - NOVEMBER 7: New Jersey Republican Senate candidate Tom Kean Jr. speaks after conceding the U.S.Senate race to incumbent U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) November 7, 2006 in Bridgewater, New Jersey. Kean had faced Menendez (D-NJ) in a tightly contested race for the U.S. Senate seat. (Photo by Jeff Fusco/Getty Images)

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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'I Voted' Sticker: 5 Fun Facts About Civic Duty's Most Iconic Symbol

Besides having a say in your local, state and federal government representatives, one of the most popular aspects of going to vote is receiving an “I Voted” sticker.

If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’ve taken a selfie proudly showing off proof you voted. (This author is certainly guilty of doing so on multiple occasions.) But you should be proud to show off your sticker! Not only are you exercising your civic duty, but you’re also in possession of a true American icon

With the midterm elections taking place tomorrow (November 8), here are five fun facts about the “I Voted” sticker.

 

Michael Cohen is the News and Sports Director at Fox Sports Radio New Jersey and Magic 98.3 FM, as well as a radio production assistant with Fox and Magic in New Jersey. He started his career in Somerset in 2018 initially as a news fill-in at WCTC 1450 AM, and soon moved up to higher responsibilities in the ensuing years, assuming News & Sports Director title in 2021Prior to his time with Fox Sports New Jersey, Michael was play-by-play voice for New Jersey Jackals baseball, and as well as play-by-play and color for the College of Staten Island basketball (men and women), softball and baseball. Michael began his career as a news and sportswriter with the Jersey Journal of Hudson County.

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