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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Katie Hawkinson and Jasmine Fernández

Absent Republican rep claims he’s running for re-election after being missing for months with mystery illness

Representative Tom Kean Jr. has confirmed he will run for reelection for a third term and expects to make a full recovery from an undisclosed medical issue that has sidelined him since March.

Speaking to the New Jersey Globe Thursday in his first interview since his absence began, the New Jersey Republican said his doctors are confident in his prognosis and that he expects to return to Washington, D.C., and the campaign trail within the next couple of weeks.

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