NJ Dems nominate Bennett and Hamawy in pivotal House races

Rebecca Bennett won the 7th District Democratic primary and will face Republican Tom Kean Jr. in November, while Dr. Adam Hamawy captured the 12th District nomination in a crowded field, setting up two high‑stakes House contests in New Jersey. Bennett, a former Navy helicopter pilot and healthcare executive, campaigned on affordable childcare and reversing Trump‑era Medicaid cuts, and Hamawy, an Egyptian‑born physician backed by Bernie Sanders, pushed Medicare for All and other progressive policies; the 12th district is viewed as more favorable to Democrats after Bonnie Watson Coleman’s retirement, while Kean has been sidelined by illness during the campaign.