One of the most intriguing House races in the nation is tightening up, as Democrat-turned-Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew gained recent ground in New Jersey’s 2nd District against Democrat Amy Kennedy.
The just-completed Stockton University Poll showed Kennedy with a wafer-thin 46% to 45% edge over Van Drew, who gained national attention for switching parties a year ago after voting against President Trump’s impeachment.
Just a month ago, a Monmouth University Poll showed Kennedy leading Van Drew 49% to 44%.
Freshman Van Drew announced his switch in the Oval Office with the president at his side.
Democrats in the Garden State and in Washington D.C. swore revenge and former eighth grade history teacher Kennedy, wife of former Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D.-R.I., has drawn national funding for her bid to unseat Van Drew.
Kennedy is a member of her party’s progressive wing and takes decidedly left-of-center stands on universal health care and other issues.
Although she is a Kennedy by marriage, the former Amy Savell would continue the family’s membership in Congress if elected. Rep. Joseph Kennedy, III, the lone member of the Democrats’ “First Family,” lost a bid for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination in Massachusetts.
John Gizzi is chief political columnist and White House correspondent for Newsmax. For more of his reports, Go Here Now.
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