GOP Rep Thomas Kean projected to survive Susan Altman's challenge in hotly contested New Jersey district

Incumbent Republican Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. is projected to triumph re-election Tuesday nighttime to correspond New Jersey's hotly contested 7th Congressional District successful the House of Representatives. 

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The contention was wide viewed arsenic 1 of the astir competitory races successful the authorities and considered a battleground, arsenic the territory voted for President Biden successful 2020. 

Kean was the Republicans' 175th projected triumph of the evening, according to the Associated Press's tally astatine the clip of the contention call.

In this operation photo, Sue Altman speaks astatine a nationalist forum, Aug. 23, 2016, successful Bordentown, N.J., left, and Tom Kean Jr., R-N.J., speaks during a quality league successful Kyiv, Ukraine, April 22, 2024.  (AP Photo)

The spot has alternated betwixt Republican and Democrat for respective cycles, with Kean archetypal being elected successful 2022. 

Kean worked for erstwhile President George H. W. Bush and served successful some the New Jersey General Assembly and the authorities Senate. He is the grandson of erstwhile U.S. Rep. Robert Kean and the lad of erstwhile New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean Sr. 

Kean, this cycle, said helium was astir focused connected the system and connected "keeping costs debased for families" successful his district. 

Thomas Kean Jr., a subordinate of the Republican Party, is seen during a property league connected April 22, 2024, successful Kyiv, Ukraine.  (Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

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Meanwhile, Altman is simply a erstwhile women’s assemblage hoops subordinate for Columbia University. She aboriginal played professionally successful Europe for Killester successful the Irish Women’s Super League successful Dublin and for Medical Instinct Veilchen successful Goettingen, Germany. 

Altman has said she grew up successful a household of Republicans but that her clip astatine Columbia made her much liberal. 

Sue Altman attends the Green New Deal Network Day of Action rally during the #SealTheDeal for Climate, Jobs, Care, and Justice nationalist time of enactment connected August 19, 2021, successful Atlantic City, New Jersey.  (Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network)

Protecting women successful sports has been a blistery taxable this predetermination cycle, arsenic Republicans question to support biologic males retired of women’s sports competitions and locker rooms. 

Altman told the New York Post that she and others successful women’s locker rooms are not disquieted astir the beingness of transgender athletes. Altman besides advocated for allowing transgender athletes successful girls’ sports astatine the younker level but suggested she would beryllium successful favour of leaving idiosyncratic committees the determination to let those athletes to compete. 

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New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District is among respective seats encircling New York City that could find who controls the House. 

Fox News Power Rankings showed the district leans Republican.

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