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Suddenly, a New Jersey Congressional Race Looks Like a Bellwether

Tracey Tully
Thu, October 6, 2022 at 2:26 PM·7 min read

SCOTCH PLAINS, N.J. — When New Jersey’s congressional map was redrawn last year, Rep. Tom Malinowski, a second-term Democrat, was widely considered a political goner.

President Joe Biden’s popularity had plummeted, gas prices were soaring and Malinowski’s 7th Congressional District — in which he barely eked out a reelection victory in 2020 — had been redrawn to include nearly 27,000 more registered Republicans. When Malinowski announced he would run for a third term, he did so in a terse statement, quoting an ominous Shakespearean battle cry: “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.”

But 10 months later, as voters have absorbed the effect of the Supreme Court decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion, there are signs that Democrats believe the national political momentum has shifted to a degree that even this race, written off by some as a strategic sacrifice, is narrowing.

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Any path by which Democrats are able to stave off a midterm rout or retain a slim House majority cuts straight through districts such as Malinowski’s, where moderate, well-educated voters helped Democrats win control of the House in 2018 and are seen as crucial to holding it.

“I do see it as a bit of a bellwether — an indicator of how things are going to go nationally,” said Mike DuHaime, a Republican strategist who was a key architect of former Gov. Chris Christie’s victories in 2009 and 2013.

Malinowski is running for a second time against Tom Kean Jr., the namesake of a beloved former New Jersey governor making his fourth run for Congress. Kean came within about 5,000 votes of winning in 2020 and remains a formidable opponent this year.




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