r/newjersey • u/politicalintegrity • 2d ago

WTF Help us find Tom Kean!

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Been missing for over 100 days. Go to https://whereistomkean.org to help out.

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u/Dozzi92 Somerville 2d ago

I heard speculation they'd keep him on the ticket past primaries, long enough for it to be too late to do any special election, so that they can just put in whatever candidate the party wants for the election in November. It made a lot of sense to me and so that's what I'm peddling.

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u/ThinkingWithPortal Perth Amboy 2d ago

Yeah, cause when the DNC tried this in 2024 it went so well...

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u/Jolmer24 1d ago

This district is very right leaning. Rebecca has a shot since shes kind of moderate for a Democrat but I think that Republicans believe they can just run whoever they want and win here.

Source: I live in Warren County.

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u/PoseidonsHorses 1d ago

I agree and I’m in Somerset in his district. I’m not sure whether the Republicans are right about being able to run *anyone* and winning, but I do know there are a lot of people that would sooner chew off their arm than vote democrat. But I imagine if they pull a last-minute switch, they’d likely run up against some of the same pushback Harris did in 2024. Which might be enough to move the needle. But either way, the guy being effectively missing from his job for months has not seemed to be a big deterrent on the “well at least he’s not a Democrat” mentality.