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Checked against the record · New Jersey 7th District 2026

Is Tom Kean Jr. suing New Jersey over noncitizen voting records?

Matches stated direction. His September 22, 2026 suit names the secretary of state and five county officials, not the governor. It seeks voter-list records, not elections voted in; no ruling yet.

Thomas H. Kean Jr.

Elections: the voter records lawsuit

Matches stated direction

What they say

In the September 27 debate he said he is suing the governor because she will not say which elections noncitizen voters took part in.

What the record shows · Sep 22, 2026

He is one of four plaintiffs, with the Republican National Committee, the state Republican Party and state Sen. Anthony Bucco, in a federal suit filed September 22, 2026 under the National Voter Registration Act's public records provision. The defendants are Secretary of State Dale Caldwell, who is also lieutenant governor, and election officials in Bergen, Middlesex, Hudson, Union and Somerset counties.

Limit: The governor is not a named defendant; the suit names her secretary of state, who runs elections, and five county officials. It seeks voter-list maintenance records, including records of people removed as non-citizens; it does not ask which elections they voted in. The court has not ruled.

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  1. New Jersey Globe and Rider University debate, September 27, 2026 (at 37:40)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5HMVQAo8ZY&t=2260s

    New Jersey Globe · Published Sep 27, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026

    The host's full video of the 7th District debate. Kean says he is suing the governor because she will not say which elections noncitizen voters took part in. Described from YouTube's captions of the video, read on September 28, 2026; not quoted, because a second transcript to check the wording against was not yet available.

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  2. Republican National Committee v. Caldwell, No. 2:26-cv-12522 (D.N.J.), complaint (document)

    U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (via CourtListener RECAP) · Published Sep 22, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026

    Complaint filed September 22, 2026 under the National Voter Registration Act's public records provision. Plaintiffs: the RNC, the New Jersey Republican State Committee, Kean and state Sen. Anthony Bucco. Defendants: Secretary of State Dale Caldwell, who is also lieutenant governor, and election officials of five counties.

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