Former Navy pilot takes N.J. Democratic primary | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Rebecca Bennett, a former Navy helicopter pilot, won the Democratic primary in New Jersey's 7th Congressional District to take on Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. in November. Kean's absence from Congress, due to an unspecified illness, has intensified the race, with his last vote in early March. Bennett's victory signals a pivotal contest in a district Democrats see as crucial to flipping control of the House. In Bridgewater, she labeled Kean a 'coward' and criticized his votes on Trump's tax legislation and a rail-tunnel funding dispute tied to New Jersey and New York. The district spans bedroom communities, farm towns and Bedminster, near the president's golf club.