New Jersey Rep. Tom Kean Jr., who has been absent from Congress for roughly three months, won his uncontested primary on Tuesday, officially becoming the Republican nominee for his House race in November.
Kean has not been seen in Washington, D.C., since early March — missing over 100 votes in the House — and his neighbors in Westfield, New Jersey, told NOTUS they don’t know anything about his whereabouts.
Candidates had until March 23 to file to run against Kean. By then, the congressman had been away from Washington for about a week, but his absence had not been widely reported. Kean first commented on his absence on April 27, when he said it was due to a “personal medical issue” and that he would be back “very soon.”