Snapshot as of Nov 11, 2026. The live page may have changed: https://statedrecord.com/races/new-jersey-us-house-07-2026
New Jersey Division of Elections official House list (document)
Official list, candidates for House of Representatives, general election November 3, 2026 (September 4 edition)New Jersey Division of Elections · Published Sep 4, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Official list dated September 4, 2026, which supersedes the July 27 list. It prints three candidates for the Seventh District: Kean, Bennett and O'Toole. Leguía is not on it.
official election record
For: Election facts, ratings and race context; Candidate roles and profiles; Seamus Patrick O'Toole: background, goals, record and money; Foreign policy and defense; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
How these races were chosenhttps://statedrecord.com/methodology#race-selection For: Election facts, ratings and race context
Sabato's Crystal Ball ratingshttps://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2026-house/ For: Election facts, ratings and race context
Thomas H. Kean, Jr., member recordhttps://www.congress.gov/member/thomas-kean/K000398Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Bioguide ID K000398, taken from Congress.gov's listing of New Jersey members of the 119th Congress and name-checked. Records two House terms for the 7th District, beginning 2023 and 2025, 65 sponsored and 777 cosponsored items.
official office record
Legislation sponsored by Thomas H. Kean, Jr., 119th CongressCongress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The 36 bills and resolutions he sponsored in the 119th Congress through September 10, 2026, each read with its cosponsor list from the Congress.gov API on September 23, 2026. Twenty had at least one Democratic original cosponsor, among them H.R. 6423 (Reps. Barragán, Auchincloss, Watson Coleman), H.R. 1478 (Watson Coleman) and H.R. 1765 (Dingell, Clarke). Sixteen had none. Three passed the House by voice vote: H.R. 1765 (July 14, 2025), H.R. 2503 (September 2, 2025) and H.R. 5419 (March 3, 2026). None has become law under its own number; the bills were not searched clause by clause through every law enacted since.
official legislative record
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Working with both parties
Tom Kean for Congress, home pagehttps://tomkean.com/Kean for Congress Inc · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source; the "Paid for by Kean for Congress Inc" line matches the committee's filed website, WWW.TOMKEAN.COM. It carries one paragraph of positions and links X (@keanforcongress), Facebook (KeanForCongress), Instagram (@tomkean) and YouTube. Its Media page carries no content.
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money; Costs and taxes; Health care; Foreign policy and defense; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Health care: protecting coverage; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Working with both parties
Meet Rebeccahttps://rebeccabennettforcongress.com/meet-rebecca/Rebecca Bennett for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign biography. Her military service is stated by the campaign and was not checked against a service record, which is not public.
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Rebecca Bennett: background, goals, record and money
Rebecca Bennett for Congress, home pagehttps://rebeccabennettforcongress.com/Rebecca Bennett for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source; the committee's filed website. Links X (@rebeccafornj07), Facebook, Instagram (@rebeccafornj07), Threads, YouTube and Bluesky, and eight priority pages. Many of its news posts are about her opponent's record and are out of scope here.
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles
Unofficial list, candidates for U.S. House, general election, email addresses (document)New Jersey Division of Elections · Published Jul 27, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The state's contact list for general-election House candidates. For O'Toole it gives only a Gmail address named for his ballot slogan; it lists no website for any candidate.
official election record
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Seamus Patrick O'Toole: background, goals, record and money; Costs and taxes; Health care; Foreign policy and defense; Energy and the environment; The national debt and federal spending; Transit and infrastructure
Official general election results, House of Representatives, November 5, 2024 (document)New Jersey Division of Elections · Published Dec 5, 2024 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Official results list dated December 5, 2024. Seventh District: Kean 223,331, Sue Altman 200,025, Andrew Black (Green) 4,258, Lana Leguia (Libertarian Party) 3,784.
official election record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money; Rebecca Bennett: background, goals, record and money; Seamus Patrick O'Toole: background, goals, record and money
Meet Tomhttps://tomkean.com/meet-tom/Kean for Congress Inc · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign biography. Undated, so the two-term figures it gives are read as of the date reviewed.
candidate statement
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Money for local projects
House member data, committee assignments (document)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The Clerk's member file lists Kean (K000398, NJ07) on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Energy and Commerce, sworn in January 3, 2025.
official office record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money
SALT Deductionhttps://kean.house.gov/issues/salt-deductionOffice of Rep. Thomas H. Kean, Jr. · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
His congressional office's issue page, in his own voice. Also lists his office's releases on the subject, including a February 27, 2026 roundtable on the "restored" deduction and an opinion piece titled "Kean: I led the fight to restore N.J.'s property tax deduction".
candidate statement
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money; Costs and taxes; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Taxes: restoring the SALT deduction
Healthhttps://kean.house.gov/issues/healthOffice of Rep. Thomas H. Kean, Jr. · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
His congressional office's issue page, in his own voice.
candidate statement
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money; Health care
Economyhttps://kean.house.gov/issues/economyOffice of Rep. Thomas H. Kean, Jr. · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
His congressional office's issue page, in his own voice.
candidate statement
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money; The national debt and federal spending; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Spending: cutting wasteful spending
Infrastructurehttps://kean.house.gov/issues/infrastructureOffice of Rep. Thomas H. Kean, Jr. · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
His congressional office's issue page, in his own voice.
candidate statement
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money; Transit and infrastructure; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Transit: the district's transportation problems
Roll Call 145, H.R. 1, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of May 22, 2025, passed 215 to 214. Kean: Yea. On Roll Call 144 the same day, a motion to recommit, he voted Nay, which is a vote against sending the bill back.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Taxes: restoring the SALT deduction; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Health care: protecting coverage; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Energy: more American production; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Spending: cutting wasteful spending; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Roll Call 190, H.R. 1, on concurring in the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of July 3, 2025, passed 218 to 214. Kean: Aye.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Taxes: restoring the SALT deduction; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Health care: protecting coverage; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Energy: more American production; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Spending: cutting wasteful spending; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
H.R. 1, 119th Congress, Public Law 119-21https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Enacted text read from GovInfo (PLAW-119publ21). Section 70120 replaces the 10,000 dollar cap on the deduction for state and local taxes with 40,000 dollars for 2025, 40,400 for 2026 and one per cent more each year through 2029, reduced by 30 per cent of income above 500,000 dollars but not below 10,000, and returning to 10,000 dollars from 2030. Section 71119 requires states to set Medicaid community engagement (work) requirements for certain adults. Section 50102 orders at least 30 Gulf of America oil and gas lease sales through 2040.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Taxes: restoring the SALT deduction; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Health care: protecting coverage; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Energy: more American production; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Spending: cutting wasteful spending; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
H.R. 2503, Undersea Cable Control Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2503Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Kean. Passed the House by voice vote under suspension of the rules on September 2, 2025; referred in the Senate to the Banking Committee.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Working with both parties
H.R. 5145, Bipartisan Premium Tax Credit Extension Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5145Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Kiggans. Kean is an original cosponsor, from September 4, 2025. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Health care: protecting coverage
Roll Call 4, H. Res. 780, on the motion to dischargehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20264Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of January 7, 2026, passed 221 to 205. The motion brought to the floor the rule for H.R. 1834. Kean: Yea.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Health care: protecting coverage; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Roll Call 11, H.R. 1834, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202611Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of January 8, 2026, passed 230 to 196. Kean: Yea.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Health care: protecting coverage; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
H.R. 1834, 119th Congress, as passed by the Househttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1834Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Engrossed text read from GovInfo (BILLS-119hr1834eh). As passed, its one section extends the enhanced premium tax credit for marketplace health insurance, and the credit for households above 400 per cent of the poverty line, through 2028. Placed on the Senate calendar February 10, 2026; not law.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Health care: protecting coverage; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Roll call votes, 119th Congress, 2nd sessionhttps://clerk.house.gov/VotesOffice of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
All 314 roll calls of 2026 through September 16 were read from the Clerk's XML files on September 23, 2026 and Kean's position taken by his member ID. He is recorded Not Voting on 144 of them, 142 of those in one unbroken run from Roll Call 88 (March 17) to Roll Call 229 (June 29).
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Roll Call 87, H.R. 7744, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202687Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of March 5, 2026, the last roll call Kean voted on before his absence. Kean: Yea.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money
Roll Call 88, H.R. 4294, on the motion to suspend the rules and passhttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202688Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of March 17, 2026, the first of 142 consecutive roll calls on which the Clerk records Kean as Not Voting.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money
Roll Call 229, H.R. 7128, on the motion to suspend the rules and passhttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026229Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of June 29, 2026, the last of the 142 consecutive roll calls on which Kean is recorded Not Voting.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money
Roll Call 230, H. Res. 1398, on ordering the previous questionhttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026230Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of June 30, 2026, the first roll call after his return. Kean: Yea.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Expressing gratitude: statement of Rep. Kean (Congressional Record, June 30, 2026, H4329)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2026-06-30/html/CREC-2026-06-30-pt1-PgH4329-2.htmCongressional Record, GovInfo · Published Jun 30, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
His five-minute House floor statement on his return. He says he entered the hospital for testing several months earlier, was diagnosed with depression, and stayed on his doctors' advice. Used only for his own explanation; the vote count comes from the Clerk.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
KEAN FOR CONGRESS INC, receipts from committees, 2025-2026https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00703058/?cycle=2026&tab=raisingFederal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Read with tools/fec-money/money.py on September 23, 2026: Schedule A lines 11B (1 row), 11C (582 rows, 6 memo) and 12 (1,187 rows, 1,128 memo), through June 30, 2026. Each line's itemized sum equals the campaign's filed summary total for that line.
fec filing
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: background, goals, record and money
Official primary election results, House of Representatives, June 2, 2026 (document)New Jersey Division of Elections · Published Jul 27, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Official results list dated July 27, 2026. Kean is marked the Republican winner with 35,080 votes and Bennett the Democratic winner with 27,525.
official election record
For: Rebecca Bennett: background, goals, record and money; Seamus Patrick O'Toole: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Rebecca Bennett, candidate financial disclosure report, 2026 (document)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Filing 10076779, filed May 15, 2026, covering January 1, 2025 to April 15, 2026. Every one of the 98 publicly traded individual stocks listed [ST] is valued None, meaning not held at the end of the period, with capital gains reported for 2025 on about three quarters of them. What remains in her and her spouse's accounts is exchange-traded and mutual funds, a savings account, a 529 plan, a rental house, and shares of Midi Health Inc., a private company, from exercised incentive stock options described as non-tradable and non-public. sha256 8078482be5062fd64d711333148a894e1292e6b0060201019920f04e6da06890.
official office record
For: Rebecca Bennett: background, goals, record and money; Rebecca Bennett: Stock trading: divesting her own stocks
Making New Jersey More Affordablehttps://rebeccabennettforcongress.com/priorities/making-new-jersey-more-affordable/Rebecca Bennett for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign priority page.
candidate statement
For: Rebecca Bennett: background, goals, record and money; Costs and taxes; Energy and the environment
Lowering Healthcare Costshttps://rebeccabennettforcongress.com/priorities/lowering-healthcare-costs/Rebecca Bennett for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign priority page. One of its bullets concerns her opponent's votes and is not used here.
candidate statement
For: Rebecca Bennett: background, goals, record and money; Health care
Defending Our Freedomshttps://rebeccabennettforcongress.com/priorities/defending-our-freedoms/Rebecca Bennett for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign priority page.
candidate statement
For: Rebecca Bennett: background, goals, record and money; The national debt and federal spending; Rebecca Bennett: Stock trading: divesting her own stocks
Protecting America's National Securityhttps://rebeccabennettforcongress.com/priorities/protecting-americas-national-security/Rebecca Bennett for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign priority page.
candidate statement
For: Rebecca Bennett: background, goals, record and money; Foreign policy and defense
Safeguarding New Jersey's Environmenthttps://rebeccabennettforcongress.com/priorities/safeguarding-new-jerseys-environment/Rebecca Bennett for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign priority page.
candidate statement
For: Rebecca Bennett: background, goals, record and money; Energy and the environment
Growing New Jersey's Economyhttps://rebeccabennettforcongress.com/priorities/growing-new-jerseys-economy/Rebecca Bennett for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign priority page.
candidate statement
For: Rebecca Bennett: background, goals, record and money; Transit and infrastructure
REBECCA BENNETT FOR CONGRESS, receipts from committees, 2025-2026https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00897165/?cycle=2026&tab=raisingFederal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Read with tools/fec-money/money.py on September 23, 2026: Schedule A lines 11B (1 row), 11C (118 rows, of which 111 are receipts and 7 memo entries) and 12 (86 rows, 74 memo), through June 30, 2026. Each line reconciles to the filed summary. The 118 line-11C rows were also read one by one for the corporate-PAC card; the 111 receipts total 272,525 dollars, the cycle figure on line 11C of file 1995184.
fec filing
For: Rebecca Bennett: background, goals, record and money; Rebecca Bennett: Campaign money: corporate PACs; Rebecca Bennett: Investments: ICE contractors
'Stop Israel's Genocide' NJ-7 candidate survives Dem petition challengehttps://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/stop-israels-genocide-nj-7-candidate-survives-dem-petition-challenge/New Jersey Globe · Published Jun 9, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Reports that O'Toole filed 299 signatures against a 250 threshold, that an administrative law judge upheld 17 challenged signatures, and that the challenge was withdrawn. The only reporting found that describes him at all, and it describes his candidacy, not his views.
original reporting
For: Seamus Patrick O'Toole: background, goals, record and money; Costs and taxes; Health care; Energy and the environment; The national debt and federal spending; Transit and infrastructure; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Candidates for U.S. House, New Jersey District 07, 2026https://www.fec.gov/data/candidates/house/?state=NJ&district=07&election_year=2026Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Read from OpenFEC on September 23, 2026: fourteen registered 2026 candidates for this seat, including Kean (H0NJ07261), Bennett (H6NJ07201) and Leguía (H4NJ07164). No Seamus O'Toole is registered for this seat, and a name search of New Jersey candidates for O'Toole returned no one.
fec filing
For: Seamus Patrick O'Toole: background, goals, record and money; Costs and taxes; Health care; Energy and the environment; The national debt and federal spending; Transit and infrastructure
National Defensehttps://kean.house.gov/issues/national-defenseOffice of Rep. Thomas H. Kean, Jr. · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
His congressional office's issue page, in his own voice.
candidate statement
For: Foreign policy and defense; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Defense: a strong military
Energy and Environmenthttps://kean.house.gov/issues/energy-and-environmentOffice of Rep. Thomas H. Kean, Jr. · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
His congressional office's issue page, in his own voice.
candidate statement
For: Energy and the environment; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Energy: more American production
Prioritieshttps://rebeccabennettforcongress.com/priorities/Rebecca Bennett for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Index of her eight priority pages: affordability, the economy, health care, neighborhood safety, national security, freedoms, veterans and the environment. None addresses the national debt or federal deficit.
candidate statement
For: The national debt and federal spending
H.R. 430, SALT Deductibility Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/430Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Garbarino. Kean is an original cosponsor, from January 15, 2025. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, where it remains.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Taxes: restoring the SALT deduction
H.R. 2555, SALT Deductibility Act, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2555Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Garbarino. Kean is an original cosponsor, from April 10, 2023. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, where it stayed.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Taxes: restoring the SALT deduction
H.R. 160, SALT Fairness Act of 2023, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/160Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Mike Garcia. Kean cosponsored it on March 9, 2023. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, where it stayed.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Taxes: restoring the SALT deduction
H.R. 7160, SALT Marriage Penalty Elimination Act, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7160Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Lawler. Kean is an original cosponsor, from January 31, 2024. The rule for its consideration, H. Res. 994, failed, so it never got a floor vote.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Taxes: restoring the SALT deduction
Roll Call 48, H. Res. 994, on agreeing to the resolutionhttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202448Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of February 14, 2024, failed 195 to 225. Kean: Aye. H. Res. 994 was the rule for considering H.R. 7160 and H. Res. 987, a resolution on the Biden administration's energy policies.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Taxes: restoring the SALT deduction
H.R. 6501, Bipartisan Health Insurance Affordability Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6501Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Fitzpatrick. Kean is an original cosponsor, from December 9, 2025. Referred to three committees.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Health care: protecting coverage
H.R. 6423, HELP Copays Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6423Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Kean; original cosponsors include Reps. Barragán, Auchincloss and Watson Coleman, Democrats.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Health care: protecting coverage; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Working with both parties
H.R. 9551, Mental Health Parity Enforcement and Funding Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9551Congress.gov · Published Jun 30, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Kean, introduced June 30, 2026. Referred to the Education and Workforce Committee; not reported.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Health care: protecting coverage
H.R. 9709, Medicare Premiums Reduction Act of 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9709Congress.gov · Published Jul 15, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Kean, introduced July 15, 2026. Referred to the Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means Committees; not reported.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Health care: protecting coverage
H.R. 1478, One Seat Ride Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1478Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Kean; original cosponsor Rep. Watson Coleman, a Democrat.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Working with both parties; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Transit: the district's transportation problems
H.R. 1765, Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1765Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Kean; original cosponsors include Reps. Dingell and Clarke, Democrats. Passed the House by voice vote July 14, 2025.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Working with both parties
H.R. 5419, Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5419Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Kean, with no Democratic original cosponsor. Passed the House by voice vote under suspension of the rules on March 3, 2026; referred in the Senate to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on March 4, 2026.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Working with both parties; Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Transit: the district's transportation problems
H.R. 4090, Fire Grants and Safety Act of 2023, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4090Congress.gov · Published Jun 14, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsored by Kean, introduced June 14, 2023. Original cosponsors: Democrats Pascrell, Golden, Hoyer, Stevens and Lofgren, and Republicans Bost, Fitzpatrick, Collins and Lucas. Ordered reported 29 to 0 by the Science, Space, and Technology Committee (H. Rept. 118-177); never passed the House under its own number. Its introduced text (BILLS-118hr4090ih) matches Division A of Public Law 118-67 section by section, down to the same amendments to 15 U.S.C. 2216(g)(1), 2229(q)(1) and (r), 2229a(j)(1) and (k), and the GAO audit. The Senate-passed S. 870 (BILLS-118s870es) carried different text, with sunsets in 2032 and authorisations through 2030; the House amendment replaced it with H.R. 4090's, which is what became law.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Working with both parties
Public Law 118-67 (S. 870), Division A: Fire Grants and Safety Act of 2023https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ67/html/PLAW-118publ67.htmCongress.gov / GovInfo · Published Jul 9, 2024 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
S. 870 became Public Law 118-67 on July 9, 2024. Division A, the Fire Grants and Safety Act of 2023, reauthorises the U.S. Fire Administration at 95,000,000 dollars a year for fiscal 2024 to 2028, authorises 750,000,000 dollars a year for the assistance-to-firefighters grants, extends the AFG and SAFER programs to 2030, and orders a GAO audit: the text of Kean's H.R. 4090 as introduced.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Working with both parties
Roll Call 194, 2024: S. 870, on motion to suspend the rules and pass, as amendedhttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024194Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of May 8, 2024, agreed 393 to 13 with 1 present. Kean: Yea. The House amendment added the fire-grants text as Division A.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Working with both parties
Fiscal Year 2024 Community Project Funding: final tableshttps://appropriations.house.gov/fiscal-year-2024-community-project-fundingHouse Committee on Appropriations · Published Mar 6, 2024 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The committee's final conference tables for the fiscal 2024 acts, read on September 23, 2026. Rows naming Kean as House requester: Agriculture (Hunterdon County emergency services 3,192,000; Borough of Raritan municipal building 2,275,000; Abilities of Northwest Jersey 127,000), Commerce-Justice-Science (Mount Arlington security 277,000), Interior (Berkeley Heights sewer 2,000,000; Mount Olive stormwater 600,000; Rahway lead service lines 1,250,000) and Transportation-HUD (Stanhope water tower 3,300,000; Linden senior transportation 1,000,000; Somerset County YMCA 3,794,414; Bridgewater Camp Cromwell 4,000,000), 21,815,414 dollars in Public Law 118-42; and Homeland Security (Raritan Township generators 459,000; Scotch Plains emergency operations center 2,700,255), 3,159,255 dollars in Public Law 118-47. The joint explanatory statement prints these tables as images (CREC-2024-03-05-pt1-PgS1223). sha256 of the five tables: Agriculture a2db02ee…c874, CJS (updated March 6, 2024) 9bf510e9…1502, Homeland 978d418d…06eb, Interior (updated March 6, 2024) f28e354c…8e09, THUD (updated March 6, 2024) 96db44a3…efa1; copies in cache/fixer-wave1/cpf24/.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Money for local projects
Explanatory statement, Agriculture appropriations for fiscal 2026 (Congressional Record, November 9, 2025, S8043)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2025-11-09/html/CREC-2025-11-09-pt1-PgS8043-2.htmCongressional Record, GovInfo · Published Nov 9, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The explanatory statement for the Agriculture division of H.R. 5371, which became Public Law 119-37 on November 12, 2025. Its community project table names Kean as House requester for Readington police (1,932,287), Byram police (1,237,500) and Holland Township police (555,000) dollars.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Money for local projects
Explanatory statement regarding H.R. 6938 (Congressional Record, January 8, 2026, H255)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2026-01-08/html/CREC-2026-01-08-pt3-PgH255.htmCongressional Record, GovInfo · Published Jan 8, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Statement for H.R. 6938, Commerce-Justice-Science, Energy and Water, and Interior, which became Public Law 119-74 on January 23, 2026. Rows naming Kean: Bernards Township police communications 835,000; Greenwich Township school resource officer vehicle 97,607; Warren Township public safety communications 900,000; Mount Arlington stormwater 560,000; Sparta Township pump station 400,000; Hopatcong lead service lines 1,000,000.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Money for local projects
Explanatory statement regarding H.R. 7148 and H.R. 7147 (Congressional Record, January 22, 2026, H1353)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2026-01-22/html/CREC-2026-01-22-pt2-PgH1353-2.htmCongressional Record, GovInfo · Published Jan 22, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Statement for H.R. 7148, which became Public Law 119-75 on February 3, 2026, and H.R. 7147, the Homeland Security act, which became Public Law 119-86 on April 30, 2026. Rows naming Kean: Mountainside emergency operations center 365,000; Warren County Community College 979,000; Washington Township police building 560,000; Summit sidewalks 530,000; Phillipsburg riverfront park 2,400,000; Hunterdon County senior center 1,500,000.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Money for local projects
Public Law 119-4, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ4/html/PLAW-119publ4.htmGovInfo · Published Mar 15, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
H.R. 1968, enacted March 15, 2025. Section 1111 of division A gives earmark language in the fiscal 2024 acts and their explanatory statements no legal effect for the funds it appropriates.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Money for local projects
Nearly $22 Million in Funding For NJ-07 Passes Househttps://kean.house.gov/media/press-releases/nearly-22-million-funding-nj-07-passes-houseOffice of Rep. Thomas H. Kean, Jr. · Published Mar 6, 2024 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
His office's release of March 6, 2024: 21,815,414 dollars in community project funding he requested, in the Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY2024. The office's own figure, not an official total.
candidate statement
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Money for local projects
Kean Applauds Passage of Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024https://kean.house.gov/media/press-releases/kean-applauds-passage-further-consolidated-appropriations-act-2024Office of Rep. Thomas H. Kean, Jr. · Published Mar 22, 2024 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
His office's release of March 22, 2024: a further 3,159,255 dollars in the second FY2024 package. The office's own figure.
candidate statement
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Money for local projects
Congressman Kean Secures $365k for Mountainside Emergency Operations Center, Delivering on All 15 District Funding Requestshttps://kean.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-kean-secures-365k-mountainside-emergency-operations-centerOffice of Rep. Thomas H. Kean, Jr. · Published May 20, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
His office's release of May 20, 2026: all fifteen FY2026 requests funded, more than 13 million dollars, the last in H.R. 7147, signed April 30, 2026.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Money for local projects
The factshttps://rebeccabennettforcongress.com/facts/Rebecca Bennett for Congress · Published May 22, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign rebuttal page, published May 22, 2026 and modified May 24, 2026 according to its own metadata, before the June 2 primary.
candidate statement
For: Rebecca Bennett: Campaign money: corporate PACs; Rebecca Bennett: Stock trading: divesting her own stocks; Rebecca Bennett: Investments: ICE contractors; Rebecca Bennett: Campaign money: over 3 million dollars from individuals
Rebecca Bennett, candidate financial disclosure report, 2025 (amended May 15, 2026) (document)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published May 15, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Filing 10078015, an amendment filed May 15, 2026 to her 2025 candidate report, for the same period, January 1, 2024 to May 5, 2025. It supersedes the original of June 4, 2025 (10063587) and the first amendment of July 23, 2025 (10071624), which lists the same values. It lists 98 individual stocks [ST] in two retirement accounts (IRA 1, 47; Roth 2, 50) and a Merrill Lynch investment account (1), and values every one at None, where the original had valued 91 of them as held. General Dynamics (GD) is in the Roth account with dividends reported for 2024; Microsoft (MSFT) is in both retirement accounts. No GEO Group, CoreCivic or Palantir holding appears in any of her four disclosures. Read by the fixer on September 23, 2026 from the PDF (checked by its %PDF magic bytes). sha256 f31a665df775b38f01fea7ba855daad5b7c5e81c997fa6728788c5389478826e.
official office record
For: Rebecca Bennett: Stock trading: divesting her own stocks; Rebecca Bennett: Investments: ICE contractors
Rebecca Bennett, candidate financial disclosure report, 2025 (document)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Filing 10063587, filed June 4, 2025, covering January 1, 2024 to May 5, 2025. It valued 91 individual stocks as held in two retirement accounts and a brokerage account. It has been amended twice for the same period, on July 23, 2025 (10071624) and May 15, 2026 (10078015); the amendments list 98 individual stocks and value every one at None. The latest amendment is the desk's reading of this period. sha256 4ac0ffc43e1009633740d8d92c005f6390fa04b87a2f6d56120cc39b4d3970a6.
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For: Rebecca Bennett: Stock trading: divesting her own stocks; Rebecca Bennett: Investments: ICE contractors
Contract award 70CMSD21FC0000011, General Dynamics Information Technology, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcementhttps://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CMSD21FC0000011_7012_70CMSD18A00000003_7012USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Awarding sub-agency U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Recipient General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., parent General Dynamics Corp. Visa lifecycle vetting initiative support services, period of performance May 25, 2021 to August 31, 2024, 20,044,760.43 dollars obligated. Read from the USAspending award API on September 23, 2026.
official office record
For: Rebecca Bennett: Investments: ICE contractors
Contract award 70CMSD24FR0000050, General Dynamics Information Technology, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcementhttps://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CMSD24FR0000050_7012_GS00Q14OADU116_4732USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Awarding sub-agency U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Recipient General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., whose parent the record gives as General Dynamics Corp. Titled "Visa Lifecycle Support Services", period of performance from September 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, 24,301,745.59 dollars obligated. Read from the USAspending award API on September 23, 2026.
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For: Rebecca Bennett: Investments: ICE contractors
Contract award 70CTD021FR0000033, Microsoft Corporation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcementhttps://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CTD021FR0000033_7012_HSHQDC15D00017_7001USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Awarding sub-agency U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Recipient Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Premier Support, period of performance March 28, 2021 to January 27, 2022, 602,229 dollars obligated. A recipient search of ICE awards found no award to Microsoft itself running in 2024 or 2025; ICE bought Microsoft licences through Dell in that time (source usaspending-dell-msft-ice-2024). Read from the USAspending award API on September 23, 2026.
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For: Rebecca Bennett: Investments: ICE contractors
Contract award 70CTD024FC0000005, Dell Federal Systems, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcementhttps://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CTD024FC0000005_7012_70RTAC24A00000001_7001USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Awarding sub-agency U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Recipient Dell Federal Systems L.P. Described as a Microsoft Enterprise License Agreement for ICE, period of performance March 27, 2024 to March 26, 2025, 17,595,776.61 dollars obligated. Microsoft is not the recipient. Read from the USAspending award API on September 23, 2026.
official office record
For: Rebecca Bennett: Investments: ICE contractors
REBECCA BENNETT FOR CONGRESS, Pre-Primary 2026 (document)Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Covers April 1 to May 13, 2026, received May 21, 2026, file 1978509: the last report filed before her campaign's May 22 fact-check page. Cycle to date: 2,748,172.82 dollars from individuals, 113,550 from other political committees and 66,241.36 in transfers (lines 11a, 11c, 12), 2,927,964.18 in all; total receipts of 2,944,137.78 also include 4,716.77 in offsets to operating expenditures and 11,456.83 in other receipts (lines 14, 15). Unitemised individual gifts for the period: 30,911.67 dollars. Read from the raw .fec file; the most recent report for the period, not amended.
fec filing
For: Rebecca Bennett: Campaign money: over 3 million dollars from individuals
REBECCA BENNETT FOR CONGRESS, July Quarterly 2026 (document)Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Principal campaign committee C00897165, covering May 14 to June 30, 2026, the same period as Kean's, received July 15, 2026, file 1995184. Most recent report, not superseded by an amendment. Cycle to date through June 30, 2026: total receipts 4,272,033.75 dollars, of which 3,902,262.38 from individuals, read from the raw .fec file. Its itemised receipts dated May 14 to 22, 2026, re-summed from the raw file (non-memo rows): 164 gifts from individuals (line 11a) totalling 91,044.99 dollars; a 6,061.33-dollar transfer from New Politics Next Mission X Patriot PAC, a joint fundraising committee (line 12, May 15); and 250 dollars from Eve Niedergang for Princeton Council (line 11c, May 18). Unitemised individual gifts for May 14 to June 30: 230,603 dollars. Committee C00897165; July Quarterly 2026; coverage 2026-05-14 to 2026-06-30; received 2026-07-15; file 1995184; image 202607159875479473.
fec filing
For: Rebecca Bennett: Campaign money: over 3 million dollars from individuals; Campaign finance
Roll Call 723, 2023: H.R. 2670, on agreeing to the conference reporthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023723Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Recorded vote of December 14, 2023 on the fiscal 2024 defense authorization, passed 310 to 118. Kean: Yea.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Defense: a strong military
Roll Call 500, 2024: H.R. 5009, on concurring in the Senate amendment with an amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024500Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Recorded vote of December 11, 2024 on the fiscal 2025 defense authorization, passed 281 to 140. Kean: Yea.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Defense: a strong military
Roll Call 320, 2025: S. 1071, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025320Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Recorded vote of December 10, 2025 on the fiscal 2026 defense authorization, passed 312 to 112. Kean: Yea.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Defense: a strong military
H.R. 2670, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Became Public Law 118-31 on December 22, 2023.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Defense: a strong military
H.R. 5009, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5009Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
The vehicle for the fiscal 2025 defense authorization. Became Public Law 118-159 on December 23, 2024.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Defense: a strong military
S. 1071, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1071Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
The vehicle for the fiscal 2026 defense authorization. Became Public Law 119-60 on December 18, 2025.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Defense: a strong military
Roll Call 151, 2024: H.R. 8035, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024151Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Recorded vote of April 20, 2024 on the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, passed 311 to 112. Kean: Yea.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Defense: a strong military
Roll Call 152, 2024: H.R. 8034, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024152Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Recorded vote of April 20, 2024 on the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, passed 366 to 58. Kean: Yea.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Defense: a strong military
Roll Call 146, 2024: H.R. 8036, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024146Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Recorded vote of April 20, 2024 on the Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, passed 385 to 34. Kean: Yea.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Defense: a strong military
H.R. 815, 118th Congress, Public Law 118-50https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/815Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Under H. Res. 1160 the House agreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 815 with an amendment. It became Public Law 118-50.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Defense: a strong military
Public Law 118-50https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-118publ50GovInfo · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Enacted text read from GovInfo. It carries the Ukraine, Israel and Indo-Pacific security supplemental appropriations acts of 2024 as separate divisions.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Defense: a strong military
H.R. 8046, Rosatom Sanctions Enforcement Act, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8046Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Sponsored by Kean, introduced April 17, 2024. Ordered reported by committee on May 16, 2024; not enacted.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Defense: a strong military
H.R. 8106, RESCUE Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8106Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Sponsored by Kean, introduced March 26, 2026; sanctions on Rosatom. Referred to the Foreign Affairs and Financial Services committees; not enacted.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Defense: a strong military
Roll Call 182, 2023: H.R. 1, Lower Energy Costs Act, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023182Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Recorded vote of March 30, 2023, passed 225 to 204. Kean: Yea.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Energy: more American production
H.R. 1, Lower Energy Costs Act, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Passed the House March 30, 2023; not enacted.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Energy: more American production
Roll Call 334, 2025: H.R. 3668, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025334Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Recorded vote of December 12, 2025 on the Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act, passed 213 to 184. Kean: Yea.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Energy: more American production
H.R. 3668, Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3668Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Passed the House December 12, 2025; referred in the Senate to the Commerce Committee on December 15, 2025.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Energy: more American production
H.R. 5852, Upper Raritan River Watershed Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5852Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Sponsored by Kean, introduced October 28, 2025, with Rep. Watson Coleman as original cosponsor. Referred to the Natural Resources Committee.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Energy: more American production
H.R. 1304, Delaware River Basin Restoration Program Reauthorization Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1304Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Fitzpatrick; Kean is an original cosponsor. Referred to committee February 13, 2025.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Energy: more American production
Roll Call 199, 2023: H.R. 2811, Limit, Save, Grow Act, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023199Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Recorded vote of April 26, 2023, passed 217 to 215. Kean: Yea.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Spending: cutting wasteful spending
H.R. 2811, Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2811Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Passed the House April 26, 2023; not enacted.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Spending: cutting wasteful spending
Roll Call 243, 2023: H.R. 3746, Fiscal Responsibility Act, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023243Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Recorded vote of May 31, 2023, passed 314 to 117. Kean: Aye.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Spending: cutting wasteful spending
H.R. 3746, Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, Public Law 118-5https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3746Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Became Public Law 118-5 on June 3, 2023. Enacted text read from GovInfo: section 101 sets discretionary spending limits for fiscal 2024 and 2025; section 401 suspends the debt limit through January 1, 2025.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Spending: cutting wasteful spending
Roll Call 168, 2025: H.R. 4, Rescissions Act, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025168Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Recorded vote of June 12, 2025, passed 214 to 212. Kean: Yea. The House later agreed to the Senate's version through H. Res. 590 (Roll Call 203, July 18, 2025, Kean: Aye).
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Spending: cutting wasteful spending
Roll Call 203, 2025: H. Res. 590, the rule on the Senate amendment to H.R. 4https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025203Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Recorded vote of July 18, 2025, on the rule for the Senate amendment to H.R. 4. Kean: Aye.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Spending: cutting wasteful spending
H.R. 4, Rescissions Act of 2025, Public Law 119-28https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Became Public Law 119-28 on July 24, 2025. Enacted text read from GovInfo: it rescinds foreign-aid balances and Corporation for Public Broadcasting funds.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Spending: cutting wasteful spending
Roll Call 200, 2024: H.R. 3935, on concurring in the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024200Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Recorded vote of May 15, 2024 on the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, passed 387 to 26. Kean: Yea.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Transit: the district's transportation problems
H.R. 3935, FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, Public Law 118-63https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3935Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Became Public Law 118-63 on May 16, 2024.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Transit: the district's transportation problems
H.R. 10511, Lower Commuting Costs Act of 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10511Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Gillen, introduced September 21, 2026; Kean is an original cosponsor. Referred to the Ways and Means Committee.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Transit: the district's transportation problems
New Jersey Globe and Rider University debate, September 27, 2026 (at 70:48)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5HMVQAo8ZY&t=4248sNew Jersey Globe · Published Sep 27, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
The host's full video of the 7th District debate. Kean says he has introduced a bill that puts a kill switch on AI development. 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.
candidate statement
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: AI: a kill switch bill
H.R. 10567, AI Emergency Button Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10567Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Kean, introduced September 24, 2026, and referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: AI: a kill switch bill
H.R. 10567, AI Emergency Button Act, as introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr10567ih/html/BILLS-119hr10567ih.htmGovInfo · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
The introduced text: "Mr. Kean introduced" it on September 24, 2026; it requires a technical capability for a human operator to shut down the system.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: AI: a kill switch bill
Kean introduces AI kill switch legislationhttps://kean.house.gov/media/press-releases/kean-introduces-ai-kill-switch-legislationOffice of Rep. Tom Kean Jr. · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
His office's release: he introduced the AI Emergency Button Act, which would require AI developers to install an emergency kill switch.
official office record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: AI: a kill switch bill
New Jersey Globe and Rider University debate, September 27, 2026 (at 39:54)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5HMVQAo8ZY&t=2394sNew Jersey Globe · Published Sep 27, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
The host's full video of the 7th District debate. Kean says the House just passed, on a bipartisan basis, a Russia and Iran sanctions bill with 59 Democrats joining all Republicans. 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.
candidate statement
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Sanctions: the Russia and Iran bill
Roll Call 308, H.R. 5334, on concurring in the Senate amendmentshttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026308Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
Recorded vote of September 16, 2026, agreed 262 to 159: Republicans 203 to 7, Democrats 58 to 152, one independent yes. Kean: Yea.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Sanctions: the Russia and Iran bill
Public Law 119-111 (H.R. 5334), Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ111/html/PLAW-119publ111.htmGovInfo · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
The enacted text. Division A is the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, carried on H.R. 5334.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Sanctions: the Russia and Iran bill
New Jersey Globe and Rider University debate, September 27, 2026 (at 79:58)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5HMVQAo8ZY&t=4798sNew Jersey Globe · Published Sep 27, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
The host's full video of the 7th District debate. Kean says Gov. Murphy signed his bill in 2019 that holds insurers to parity for mental health and addiction treatment. 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.
candidate statement
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Health care: New Jersey's parity law
New Jersey Senate Bill 1339 (2018), as introducedhttps://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2018/S1500/1339_I1.HTMNew Jersey Legislature · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
Mental health and substance use parity for health insurance. Primary sponsors: Senators Robert M. Gordon, Thomas H. Kean Jr. and Joseph F. Vitale.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Health care: New Jersey's parity law
New Jersey Assembly Bill 2031 (2018), second reprinthttps://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2018/A2500/2031_R2.HTMNew Jersey Legislature · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
The version enacted as P.L. 2019, c.58. Its sponsor list includes Senators Robert M. Gordon, Thomas H. Kean Jr. and Joseph F. Vitale.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Health care: New Jersey's parity law
P.L. 2019, c.58https://pub.njleg.gov/bills/2018/AL19/58_.HTMNew Jersey Legislature · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
The chapter law, approved April 11, 2019. It was enacted from Assembly Bill 2031, which replaced S1339 on the Senate side.
official legislative record
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Health care: New Jersey's parity law
New Jersey Globe and Rider University debate, September 27, 2026 (at 56:40)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5HMVQAo8ZY&t=3400sNew Jersey Globe · Published Sep 27, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
The host's full video of the 7th District debate. Kean says he voted to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks. 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.
candidate statement
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Stock trading: the House ban
Roll Call 280, H.R. 7008, Stop Insider Trading Act, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026280Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
Recorded vote of July 22, 2026, passed 232 to 198. Kean: Yea.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Stock trading: the House ban
H.R. 7008, Stop Insider Trading Act, as passed by the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr7008eh/html/BILLS-119hr7008eh.htmGovInfo · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
The text the House passed. It bars members, spouses and dependent children from buying publicly traded stock and requires public notice 7 to 14 days before selling it. It has not passed the Senate.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Stock trading: the House ban
New Jersey Globe and Rider University debate, September 27, 2026 (at 62:45)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5HMVQAo8ZY&t=3765sNew Jersey Globe · Published Sep 27, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
The host's full video of the 7th District debate. Kean says he voted to sanction a fellow Republican from North Carolina over his conduct with staff. 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.
candidate statement
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Ethics: the Chuck Edwards censure
Roll Call 292, H.Res. 1498, on agreeing to the resolutionhttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026292Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
Recorded vote of September 1, 2026, "In the matter of allegations relating to Representative Chuck Edwards," agreed 413 to 2. Kean: Yea.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Ethics: the Chuck Edwards censure
H.Res. 1498, as agreed to by the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hres1498eh/html/BILLS-119hres1498eh.htmGovInfo · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
Adopts the Ethics Committee's report on Representative Chuck Edwards of North Carolina and resolves that he be censured.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Ethics: the Chuck Edwards censure
House Ethics Committee report in the matter of Representative Chuck Edwards (document)House Committee on Ethics · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
Found that Edwards engaged in persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct towards two young female staffers.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Ethics: the Chuck Edwards censure
New Jersey Globe and Rider University debate, September 27, 2026 (at 37:40)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5HMVQAo8ZY&t=2260sNew 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.
candidate statement
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Elections: the voter records lawsuit
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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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Elections: the voter records lawsuit
New Jersey Globe and Rider University debate, September 27, 2026 (at 56:04)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5HMVQAo8ZY&t=3364sNew Jersey Globe · Published Sep 27, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
The host's full video of the 7th District debate. Kean says he has not traded an individual stock since becoming a member, that trades are reported every three months, and that he has a blind structure with no involvement and no input. 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.
candidate statement
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Stock trading: his own accounts
Periodic transaction report, filed February 11, 2023 (document)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
His first report as a member. It lists individual-stock sales from the State Street Bank & Trust account on January 27, 2023, among them Johnson & Johnson and Aon.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Stock trading: his own accounts
Periodic transaction report, filed May 22, 2026 (document)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
The last report without a line saying advisers make the trades without his input.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Stock trading: his own accounts
Periodic transaction report, filed June 18, 2026 (document)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
The first report carrying the comment: "Transactions are initiated and made by third party advisors with no input from Rep. Kean."
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Stock trading: his own accounts
Periodic transaction report, filed September 12, 2026 (document)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
His latest report before the debate. It lists partial sales of Alphabet and Johnson & Johnson stock from the State Street account on August 27, 2026, and trades in Amcor and Linde stock in the Kean Family Partnership, with the no-input comment.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Stock trading: his own accounts
Annual financial disclosure for 2024, filed August 13, 2025 (document)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
Says his counsel previously wrote to the Ethics Committee about his potential use of a qualified blind trust.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Stock trading: his own accounts
Annual financial disclosure for 2025, filed August 13, 2026 (document)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
Answers No to whether it excludes details of a qualified blind trust approved by the Ethics Committee (page 22). Lists the State Street account and the Kean Family Partnership (33 per cent interest) as his investment vehicles.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: Stock trading: his own accounts
New Jersey Globe and Rider University debate, September 27, 2026 (at 71:20)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5HMVQAo8ZY&t=4280sNew Jersey Globe · Published Sep 27, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
The host's full video of the 7th District debate. Kean says that after a Westfield girl was targeted online, he introduced legislation that became part of a broader law. 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.
candidate statement
For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: AI: deepfakes and the Westfield case
H.R. 6466, AI Labeling Act of 2023, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6466Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Kean, introduced November 21, 2023. It did not pass.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: AI: deepfakes and the Westfield case
H.R. 3106, Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3106Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Morelle, introduced May 5, 2023. Kean is a cosponsor. It did not pass.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: AI: deepfakes and the Westfield case
H.R. 1941, Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1941Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Morelle, introduced March 6, 2025, with Kean as a cosponsor. It has not passed.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: AI: deepfakes and the Westfield case
Kean takes action to end AI generated deepfake pornographyhttps://kean.house.gov/media/press-releases/kean-takes-action-end-ai-generated-deepfake-pornographyOffice of Rep. Tom Kean Jr. · Published Jan 16, 2024 · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
His office's release on a January 16, 2024 press conference with Rep. Morelle, Francesca Mani of Westfield and her mother, in which he says he is proud to cosponsor Morelle's bill.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: AI: deepfakes and the Westfield case
H.R. 633, TAKE IT DOWN Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/633Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
The House version of the TAKE IT DOWN Act. Kean is a cosponsor.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: AI: deepfakes and the Westfield case
Roll Call 104, S. 146, on suspending the rules and passinghttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025104Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
Recorded vote of April 28, 2025, passed 409 to 2. Kean: Yea.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: AI: deepfakes and the Westfield case
Public Law 119-12 (S. 146), TAKE IT DOWN Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ12/html/PLAW-119publ12.htmGovInfo · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026
The enacted text, the Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act. Sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Cruz.
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For: Thomas H. Kean Jr.: AI: deepfakes and the Westfield case
Official list, candidates for House of Representatives, general election November 3, 2026 (document)New Jersey Division of Elections · Published Jul 27, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Official list dated July 27, 2026. It prints four candidates for the Seventh District: Kean (Republican, marked incumbent), Bennett (Democratic), Leguía (Libertarian Party) and O'Toole (slogan STOP ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE), each in all six counties.
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Appellate Court removes Libertarian candidate from NJ-7 ballothttps://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/court-removes-libertarian-candidate-from-nj-7-ballot-after-deputy-attorney-general-declines-to-back-constitutional-claim/New Jersey Globe · Published Aug 1, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Reports the Appellate Division ruling that removed Leguía from the ballot: three New York residents collected 670 of her 755 accepted signatures, leaving 85 valid of the 250 required. The court ruling itself was not read; the state's September 4 list is the official record of the outcome.
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Supreme Court keeps Libertarian off NJ-7 ballothttps://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/supreme-court-keeps-libertarian-off-nj-7-ballot/New Jersey Globe · Published Aug 7, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Reports that on August 7, 2026 the New Jersey Supreme Court declined to hear her appeal of the July 31 Appellate Division ruling, on procedural grounds. The order itself was not read.
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Passing on 3rd Circuit appeal, Leguía will run as a write-inhttps://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/passing-on-3rd-circuit-appeal-leguia-will-run-as-a-write-in/New Jersey Globe · Published Sep 3, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Reports that a federal judge declined to restore her to the ballot and that she will run as a write-in. Its first sentence says she "will take her bid" to the Third Circuit; the headline and the rest of the article say she will not.
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Alito rejects Leguía's last-ditch bid to get on NJ-7 ballothttps://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/alito-rejects-leguias-last-ditch-bid-to-get-on-nj-7-ballot/New Jersey Globe · Published Sep 19, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Reports that Justice Samuel Alito, as circuit justice for the Third Circuit, denied her emergency application on the night of Friday, September 18, 2026, without explanation. The Supreme Court's docket was not read.
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Amended certification, 7th Congressional District (document)New Jersey Division of Elections · Published Sep 4, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The state's amended certification for this seat, dated September 4, 2026. Candidate totals: one Democratic, one Republican, one STOP ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE; three in all.
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KEAN FOR CONGRESS INC, July Quarterly 2026 (document)Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Principal campaign committee C00703058, covering May 14 to June 30, 2026, received July 15, 2026, file 1997752. Read from OpenFEC on September 23, 2026 as the most recent report and not superseded by an amendment. Committee C00703058; July Quarterly 2026; coverage 2026-05-14 to 2026-06-30; received 2026-07-15; file 1997752; image 202607159890690428.
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Kean Secures $3.7 Million to Support Local Police Departmentshttps://kean.house.gov/media/press-releases/kean-secures-37-million-support-local-police-departmentsOffice of Rep. Thomas H. Kean, Jr. · Published Nov 13, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
His office's release of November 13, 2025: three FY2026 projects in H.R. 5371, itemized at 1,237,500, 1,932,287 and 555,000 dollars.
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Congressman Kean Announces $3.8 Million for NJ-07 Projects in House Funding Billhttps://kean.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-kean-announces-38-million-nj-07-projects-house-funding-billOffice of Rep. Thomas H. Kean, Jr. · Published Jan 12, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
His office's release of January 12, 2026: six FY2026 projects in H.R. 6938 totalling 3,792,607 dollars.
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Congressman Kean Secures $6.3 Million for NJ-07 Projects in House Funding Billshttps://kean.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-kean-secures-63-million-nj-07-projects-house-funding-billsOffice of Rep. Thomas H. Kean, Jr. · Published Jan 23, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
His office's release of January 23, 2026: six more FY2026 projects in H.R. 7148 and H.R. 7147 totalling 6,334,000 dollars.
candidate statement
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REBECCA BENNETT FOR CONGRESS, 48-hour notices of contributions, May 2026https://www.fec.gov/data/filings/?committee_id=C00897165&form_type=F6Federal Election Commission · Published May 24, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Form 6 notices, files 1975452 (May 16), 1976099 (May 18), 1977185 (May 20), 1978918 (May 22) and 1979331 (May 24), read from the FEC's raw .fec files on September 23, 2026. Their itemised contributions dated May 14 to May 22, 2026 are 39 gifts of 1,000 dollars or more, all from individuals, totalling 69,248 dollars. A 48-hour notice lists only contributions of 1,000 dollars or more received in the 20 days before the June 2 primary. The card now uses her July report, which lists every itemised gift for these days, not only those of 1,000 dollars or more.
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