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called the race for Kim at 8 p.m. ET, shortly after the polls closed in New Jersey. The New Jersey Democrat defeated Republican opponent Curtis Bashaw.
The race also featured Green Party candidate Christina Khalil, Libertarian Kenneth Kaplan, Joanne Kuniansky of the Socialist Worker Party, and Patricia Mooneyham of the Voter Better Party.Kim, 42, is a three-term congressman who represents a largely rural and suburban district in southern and central New Jersey. He is the Senate’s first Korean American, the chamber’s fourth youngest member, and the first senator from south Jersey since 1955.
The child of two immigrants from South Korea, Kim served as a national security adviser in Washington under the Obama administration and in Afghanistan under Gens. David Petraeus and John Allen. He won the Democratic primary this summer after facing little resistance when Tammy Murphy, the wife of Gov. Phil Murphy , dropped out early in the race in what was expected to be a hotly contested battle.Bashaw, a first-time candidate, owns and operates hotels in Cape May and on Long Island.
The 64-year-old is unlike most Republican candidates running this cycle. He is an openly gay man who describes himself as an abortion-rights advocate. He defeated a Trump-endorsed candidate in the GOP primary.
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