{"id":111636,"date":"2026-06-03T20:27:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T20:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/03\/new-jersey-democrats-pick-navy-veteran-rebecca-bennett-to-face-absent-gop-rep-tom-kean-jr-pbs\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T20:27:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T20:27:27","slug":"new-jersey-democrats-pick-navy-veteran-rebecca-bennett-to-face-absent-gop-rep-tom-kean-jr-pbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/03\/new-jersey-democrats-pick-navy-veteran-rebecca-bennett-to-face-absent-gop-rep-tom-kean-jr-pbs\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Democrats pick Navy veteran Rebecca Bennett to face absent GOP Rep. Tom Kean Jr. &#8211; PBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixgFBVV95cUxOZ1hmbVdCR2dCX3ByTnlLcl9TSHpxa0R0N3phbWJuOHFiQWlWeHFKeHZWN19Ma2xscksxQnM2NXMycXZTWkFhQzhVQjlRRWJ6aXQzRGlfLVpuNjNrMjM2TlhZUk9QU1hUVzBVekc2U185VF9HLWNrMld0cmgyb2ZtLXQtVlhhcjM3ODBFMXZyTUxNN0JNRE1oSklpeDlwNmFHdmJnQjJ2c2JxV1hYWGx2bGtYYWRMUUhNRTJnZ09uVzBvRDZUemc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">New Jersey Democrats pick Navy veteran Rebecca Bennett to face absent GOP Rep. Tom Kean Jr.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">PBS<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxNR3Q2QktMekJYcFE4WTN2VjN6MUlhT3RxMU5uM2hJZXdUbWw0ZlVfNzNxMTl4TlVIcmowMGF1YWFYWm1NbVh6bGQ3aWplTVUzck9aUFZzN3dCWXZOLXB6NnhaUHQ1N3hNM1pxX0c0blh4dnVHajhvczhSZ2VKd29hOFp0TXZjUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">A Congressman Was Suddenly Absent. So We Looked. And Looked.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFAtWmo3dWlES0N0Y2I0d1BfMU5tVU5Od1gyb3dGbVdtUktFU3k3SW1tSFZxRnlkUnNpYlpnQ3NsWXhKcFc4cmFWUGVTMzQtZUxyd1M0S1NWWF9YQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Kean Jr: Missing congressman wins primary after Trump endorsement<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">BBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxPdjJqd2pFS180aWFnMTIzTGhHZllBQWpQeTQydlN6a2FLeEwwMjVzRWtvUE83eVA2aTRwUVY2bFJpY2x4MDlRS0Jkb3czSERseVp4VEV1WjVaNWJ6cjIzRmlIMk9JYVcyTmU5eFB2cVJTZ2FRZnF1aTVtc1J0a1ppdEFZaFVmM2ZwdG13TTV5YXQxYVNvZVRoQk52QnJRei1lOHdCaFhSY0Z3V0prT1Iw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr.&#8217;s absence raises broader questions about Congress<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">PBS<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidEFVX3lxTE9leU9MUkdSMjhDT2JkYlFSMW96SUlpd3FOclFyOHVyY3VaTXpLREpmUFY5UFFRV2hBN0liUHE0dkpjc29UdVFYVl9NZHIyM0JmbWJQbUNRdFZ2dTJWUnZPc3FJa0d3dHNxXzJGZzJuTGNRWDdu?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">He hasn\u2019t been seen in months. The Congressional Record disagrees<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Roll Call<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey Democrats pick Navy veteran Rebecca Bennett to face absent GOP Rep. Tom Kean Jr.&nbsp;&nbsp;PBS A Congressman Was Suddenly Absent. So We Looked. And&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/03\/new-jersey-democrats-pick-navy-veteran-rebecca-bennett-to-face-absent-gop-rep-tom-kean-jr-pbs\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}