Former teacher and mental health advocate Amy Kennedy won the Democratic primary in New Jersey on Tuesday, setting her up to go head-to-head against Democrat-turned-Republican Rep. Jefferson Van Drew in November.
Kennedy was leading with 54.7 percent of the vote after 30 percent of precincts had reported, prevailing over her closest rival, political science professor Brigid Callahan Harrison, who received 31.8 percent, according to The Associated Press.
Van Drew, previously a dentist, has emerged as a top target for Democrats after he left the party last year and opposed President Trump's impeachment.
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