Bennett Wins New Jersey Primary to Face Absent GOP Lawmaker Kean

Kean has missed more than 100 votes in Congress having made his last public appearance on March 5.

The race has gained significant attention due to Kean’s months-long absence from Congress, attributed to an unspecified medical issue.

Republican Congressman Tom Kean Jr has not been seen in Washington or his New Jersey hometown for months, but he is expected to easily win his party's backing for re-election on Tuesday, after a recent endorsement from President Donald Trump.

As he read the ballot, he saw a familiar name: Representative Thomas Kean Jr., a Republican who lives half a mile away from his house in Westfield, N.J., and has been missing from Congress for nearly three months with little explanation.