Take Action New Jersey

Name: Listen to Win: Empathetic Conversations Training w. Swing Left
Start: 2026-01-25T15:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-01-25T17:00:00-05:00
Location: new jersey

NJ-07 (Kean Jr. - R), NJ-09 (Pou - D)

New Jersey represents a decent chance to pick up a seat in the U.S. Congress. Second-term Republican Congressman Thomas Kean Jr. is vulnerable in the purple 7th New Jersey Congressional District. Cook rates the race as Lean R. Former Navy helicopter pilot Rebecca Bennett is emerging among the crowded Democratic field to challenge Kean. In 2024, Nellie Pou (NJ-09) made history as the first Latina from New Jersey elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Pou has decades of legislative service at the state and federal levels. Cook rates her district as Lean D.

The June primary win of Mikie Sherrill to lead the Democrats’ bid to hold on to the governor’s seat has cheered the state’s Democratic party. Sherrill will face a Republican whose political views are tied directly to Trump. The question is: Will Trump voters bother to turn out to the November election when Trump isn't on the ballot.

State	District	Incumbent	Party in Power	Partisan Lean	Cook Rating	Primary Date	Dem Candidate	Rep Candidate	Red District Project
Alaska	AK-AL	Nick Begich III	Republican	R+6	Likely R	18-Aug-26		Nick Begich III
Arizona	AZ-01	OPEN (David Schweikert)	Republican	R+1	Toss Up	4-Aug-26		David Schweikert	Yes
Arizona	AZ-02	Eli Crane	Republican	R+7	Likely R	4-Aug-26		Eli Crane
Arizona	AZ-06	Juan Ciscomani	Republican	EVEN	Toss Up	4-Aug-26		Juan Ciscomani	Yes
California	CA-13	Adam Gray	Democratic	Lean D	Toss Up	2-Jun-26	Adam Gray
California	CA-22	David Valadao	Republican	R+1	Toss Up	2-Jun-26		David Valadao	Yes
California	CA-48	Darrell Issa	Republican	R+7	Toss Up	2-Jun-26
Colorado	CO-08	Gabe Evans	Republican	EVEN	Toss Up	2-Jun-26		Gabe Evans	Yes
Florida	FL-07	Cory Mills	Republican	R+5	Solid R	18-Aug-26		Cory Mills
Florida	FL-13	Anna Paulina Luna	Republican	R+5	Likely R	18-Aug-26		Anna Paulina Luna
Florida	FL-23	Jared Moskowitz	Democratic	D+2	Lean D	18-Aug-26	Jared Moskowitz
Florida	FL-27	Maria Elvira Salazar	Republican	R+6	Solid R	18-Aug-26		Maria Elvira Salazar
Iowa	IA-01	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	Republican	R+4	Toss Up	2-Jun-26		Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Iowa	IA-02	OPEN (Ashley Hinson)	Republican	R+4	Likely R	2-Jun-26
Iowa	IA-03	Zach Nunn	Republican	R+2	Toss Up	2-Jun-26		Zach Nunn
Kentucky	KY-06	Andy Barr	Republican	R+7	Solid R	19-May-26		Andy Barr
Maine	ME-02	OPEN (Jared Golden)	Democratic	R+4	Toss Up	9-Jun-26
Michigan	MI-04	Bill Huizenga	Republican	R+3	Likely R	4-Aug-26		Bill Huizenga
Michigan	MI-07	Tom Barrett	Republican	EVEN	Toss Up	4-Aug-26		Tom Barrett
Michigan	MI-08	Kristen McDonald Rivet	Democratic	R+1	Lean D	4-Aug-26	Kristen McDonald Rivet
Michigan	MI-10	OPEN (John James)	Republican	R+3	Lean R	4-Aug-26
North Carolina	NC-01	Don Davis	Democratic	R+1	Likely R	3-Mar-26	Don Davis
Nebraska	NE-02	OPEN (Don Bacon)	Republican	D+3	Lean D	12-May-26
New Jersey	NJ-07	Thomas Kean	Republican	EVEN	Lean R	2-Jun-26		Thomas Kean
New Mexico	NM-02	Gabe Vasquez	Democratic	EVEN	Toss Up	2-Jun-26	Gabe Vasquez
Nevada	NV-03	Susie Lee	Democratic	D+1	Lean D	9-Jun-26	Susie Lee
New York	NY-04	Laura Gillen	Democratic	D+2	Lean D	23-Jun-26	Laura Gillen
New York	NY-17	Mike Lawler	Republican	D+1	Toss Up	23-Jun-26		Mike Lawler
Ohio	OH-01	Greg Landsman	Democratic	R+1	Toss Up	5-May-26	Greg Landsman
Ohio	OH-09	Marcy Kaptur	Democratic	R+3	Toss Up	5-May-26	Marcy Kaptur
Pennsylvania	PA-01	Brian Fitzpatrick	Republican	D+1	Likely R	19-May-26		Brian Fitzpatrick
Pennsylvania	PA-07	Ryan MacKenzie	Republican	R+1	Toss Up	19-May-26		Ryan MacKenzie
Pennsylvania	PA-08	Rob Bresnahan	Republican	R+4	Lean R	19-May-26		Rob Bresnahan
Pennsylvania	PA-10	Scott Perry	Republican	R+3	Toss Up	19-May-26		Scott Perry
Texas	TX-28	Henry Cuellar	Democratic	R+2	Toss Up	3-Mar-26	Henry Cuellar
Texas	TX-34	Vicente Gonzalez	Democratic	EVEN	Toss Up	3-Mar-26	Vicente Gonzalez
Virginia	VA-01	Rob Wittman	Republican	R+3	Lean R	16-Jun-26		Rob Wittman
Virginia	VA-02	Jen Kiggans	Republican	EVEN	Lean R	16-Jun-26		Jen Kiggans
Virginia	VA-07	Eugene Vindman	Democratic	D+2	Lean D	16-Jun-26	Eugene Vindman
Washington	WA-03	Marie Gluesenkamp Perez	Democratic	R+2	Toss Up	4-Aug-26	Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Wisconsin	WI-01	Bryan Steil	Republican	R+1	Likely R	11-Aug-26		Bryan Steil
Wisconsin	WI-03	Derrick Van Orden	Republican	R+3	Toss Up	11-Aug-26		Derrick Van Orden

Kean’s role on the House Energy and Commerce Committee laid bare his support for cutting taxes on the wealthy while slashing spending on federal programs, notably to social safety net services popular in his district. His votes have followed the MAGA party line.
Kean has shunned holding in-person town hall meetings with constituents. Former U.S. Rep. Tom Malinowski, who had flipped the seat blue in 2018 but lost to Kean after redistricting made the district redder. Malinowski running, met with constituents at a town hall in March to underscore Kean’s unwillingness to do so.
Ten Democratic candidates have filed to run in the primary for NJ-07. Former Navy helicopter pilot and aircraft commander Rebecca Bennett and grassroots organizer Brian Varela are leading the pack in contributions to their campaigns.
Others in the NJ-07 race include former Summit Councilman Greg Vartan, former Small Business Administration official Michael Roth and Sue Altman, a top staffer for U.S. Sen. Andy Kim, NJ who narrowly lost to Kean in 2024.
Over time, NJ-07 has become more ethnically diverse, and it remains one of the most affluent congressional districts in the country, with the twelfth-highest median income in the nation.

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January 2026
Listen to Win: Empathetic Conversations Training w. Swing Left

Featured Sun Jan 25 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST

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Politics is about persuasion—reaching out, person to person, and bringing others along. But persuasion doesn’t mean you’re rattling off statistics, arguing about policy, or convincing someone to do a 180º...