No red wave in New Jersey National update Although Bob Healey won in the Monmouth portions of the district, it wasn’t by nearly enough votes to offset Andy Kim’s huge wins in the other parts of the district.” “In the end, Andy Kim just outworked the Republicans," Rasmussen said. Kim was favored in the race though thought to be vulnerable, but if the unofficial results from early this morning hold up, he will wind up winning pretty handily – by a slightly larger margin than Gottheimer and even Bill Pascrell Jr. "But it is not in any way, shape or form the kind of red wave either here in New Jersey or across the nation that many Republicans had been calling for and hoping for.” “It’s a good night for Republicans, especially in New Jersey," Rasmussen said. Rider University political scientist Micah Rasmussen said that result was expected but that overall things didn’t go as well for the GOP elsewhere. Updates from Sussex, Morris and Somerset pushed Kean ahead, and that lead was further fortified when Warren County reported its Election Day votes. Kean was leading by nearly 5 percentage points, though some precincts remain outstanding. Tom Malinowski with a narrow lead that dwindled as more returns came in that favored Republican challenger Tom Kean Jr. The closest race, as expected, was in the 7th District. Andy Kim, Mikie Sherrill and Josh Gottheimer were declared the winners of their races by the Associated Press late Tuesday, after each had been targeted for defeat by the Republican campaign committee.
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