Tom Kean Jr., the son of a two-term governor, won a crowded Republican primary to take on Tom Malinowski, an embattled House Democrat. Robert Menendez Jr., the senator’s son, won a primary for an open seat.
Three Democratic and GOP candidates with famous fathers easily won their primaries on Tuesday. Robert Menendez Jr., Donald Payne Jr. and Tom Kean Jr. will all stand in November's midterms.
Tuesday's low-turnout primary set the stage for a November general election that has Democrats nationally fretting as they try to maintain their slim control of the House.
Polls close at 8 p.m., concluding a primary election season in which New Jersey Republicans hope to choose candidates that help them claw back more seats in the House of Representatives lost to Democrats over the past decade.