Democrat Rebecca Bennett will face New Jersey Rep. Thomas H. Kean Jr. this fall in a closely watched battleground race that could help determine which party wins control of the House.
Bennett won the Democratic primary for the 7th District on Tuesday, securing 47.8 percent of the vote when The Associated Press called the race at 8:57 p.m. Eastern time, nearly an hour after polls closed. She led physician Tina Shah, who had 20.4 percent; businessman Brian Varela, who had 16.6 percent; and Michael Roth, who was the interim leader of the Small Business Administration during the Biden administration, who had 15.2 percent.
