{"id":24878,"date":"2026-06-18T19:15:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/nj-republican-rep-tom-kean-jr-sets-june-30-return-date-after-monthslong-absence-news4jax\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T19:15:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:15:06","slug":"nj-republican-rep-tom-kean-jr-sets-june-30-return-date-after-monthslong-absence-news4jax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/nj-republican-rep-tom-kean-jr-sets-june-30-return-date-after-monthslong-absence-news4jax\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. sets June 30 return date after monthslong absence &#8211; News4JAX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Catalini<br \/>Associated Press<br \/>Published:\u00a0<time datetime=\"2026-06-18T19:10:20.000Z\">June 18, 2026 at 3:10 PM<\/time><br \/>Mike Catalini<br \/>Associated Press<br \/>Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.<br \/>FILE &#8211; Tom Kean Jr., GOP candidate for New Jersey&#8217;s 7th Congressional District, arrives at his election night party in Basking Ridge N.J., Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo\/Stefan Jeremiah, File)<br \/>New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr., <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tom-kean-new-jersey-congress-medical-absence-0580c601719fad2a67c102f718e3d084\">who&#8217;s been absent from Congress<\/a> since March with an unspecified medical issue, is set to return on June 30, a political consultant to the congressman said Thursday. <br \/>Kean, who represents a battleground district in this year&#8217;s midterms, has missed more than 100 votes and hasn&#8217;t been spotted in Washington or his district, stirring a mystery that carries potential national consequences. <br \/>Recommended Videos<br \/>&#8220;Congressman Kean is eager to return to in person work on June 30 and resume a full schedule,&#8221; said Kean political consultant Harrison Neely in a text. \u201cHe plans to be fully transparent regarding the nature of his health issue and you should expect to hear from him in person June 30th.&#8221;<br \/>Kean\u2019s office has said he is still running for reelection and is <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/primary-new-jersey-house-kean-756e7b7d87a80eefe4b68481b33f69c4\">set to face<\/a> Democratic Navy veteran Rebecca Bennett in the state&#8217;s premier contest in November. <br \/>The district is among the most closely watched in this year&#8217;s election. In the past two midterm elections, the seat changed party hands, with Kean winning in 2022 over Democrat Tom Malinowski, who had defeated Republican Leonard Lance in 2018.<br \/>Kean last voted in the House on March 5, but his absence wasn\u2019t explained. In April, his social media account posted that he had been dealing with a personal medical issue and his doctors expected him to recover.<br \/>On Primary Day this month, President Donald Trump endorsed Kean\u2019s reelection, without mentioning his absence, and the same day, Kean said in a statement he expected to return to work in a matter of weeks.<br \/>He hasn&#8217;t explain what the medical issue was. <br \/>Kean comes from a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tom-kean-jr-new-jersey-house-congress-a18e28662c8c4a5b9a8b064a13af54ee\">long line of public servants<\/a>, stretching 250 years to the country\u2019s founding when one of his ancestors became New Jersey\u2019s first leader since independence. His great-grandfather was a senator, his grandfather was a congressman and his father is the former two-term governor, Tom Kean Sr.<br \/>Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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All Rights Reserved.FILE &#8211; Tom Kean Jr., GOP candidate for New Jersey&#8217;s 7th Congressional District, arrives at his election night party in Basking Ridge N.J., Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo\/Stefan Jeremiah, File)New Jersey Republican Rep. 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