The New York Times
Navy Pilot Tries to Flip a Key House Seat, Right by Trump's Golf Club
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Rebecca Bennett, a Democratic former health care executive and U.S. Navy helicopter pilot, is running to unseat Republican Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. in New Jersey’s Seventh District. Bennett, 39, says the MH-60 Seahawk she flew as a pilot in her 20s was outdated for modern needs, citing slow processors, floppy diskettes and limited facilities for female pilots on long flights. She applied in 2014 to the Navy’s elite Test Pilot School to assess and improve aircraft performance. The contest gained attention after Kean, 58, disappeared from Capitol Hill for nearly four months in spring, later saying it was linked to a long-term hospital stay for depression amid rising gas and grocery prices.
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