Incumbent GOP Rep Van Drew and Dem Challenger Kennedy in Heated 2nd District Race
Sunday, October 04, 2020
By Todd DeFeo | The Center Square (The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a Republican, and Amy Kennedy, a Democrat, are locked in a heated race for New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District seat, perhaps one of the most closely watched races in the Garden State. Van Drew, a dentist, garnered national headlines when he left the Democratic Party in the wake of a U.S. House vote to impeach President Donald Trump. Voters elected to send Van Drew to Washington in 2018 after incumbent U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo, a Republican, did not seek reelection. He faces off against Kennedy, a former teacher and education director of The Kennedy Forum, in a district Barack Obama won in 2008 and 2012 and Trump won in... Read more →