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Ariana Baio in New Jersey

Tom Kean had everything going for him. Then the Republican New Jersey congressman disappeared

Representative Tom Kean Jr. walks through a US Capitol corridor, trailed by reporters
Tom Kean during a vote at the US Capitol in Washington DC on 30 June. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

The stars above New Jersey seemed aligned for Tom Kean Jr.

The Republican congressman had a war chest of more than $2.4m in February, an endorsement from Donald Trump and a district whose lines were redrawn in 2022 to benefit his party. He was an established political figure with widespread name recognition, thanks to his father’s stint as a well-regarded governor of New Jersey.

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