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Congressman Jeff Van Drew, R-2nd, and Democratic challenger Amy Kennedy, of Brigantine, will face each other Thursday night in their first and only debate before Election Day on Nov. 3.
Democrat Amy Kennedy holds a 5 to 6 percentage-point advantage over incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew in the hotly contested 2nd District of New Jersey, according to a Monmouth University Poll of 588 registered voters.
As they ramp up their 2nd District congressional campaigns in the midst of a pandemic and a national uprising over race, incumbent U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-2nd, and Democratic challenger Amy Kennedy are ready for just about anything.
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Congressman Jeff Van Drew and challenger candidate Amy Kennedy Debate 2020
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Congressman Jeff Van Drew and challenger candidate Amy Kennedy during New Jersey’s 2nd congressional district debate Thursday Oct 8, 2020, at Fannie Lou Hamer Room on the campus of Stockton University in Atlantic City, NJ. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
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Democratic challenger Amy Kennedy, left, and Congressman Jeff Van Drew debate at Stockton University’s Atlantic City campus earlier this month. A new poll by the school has the 2nd Congressional District race a ‘dead heat.’
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Congressman Jeff Van Drew and challenger candidate Amy Kennedy during New Jersey's 2nd congressional district debate Thursday Oct 8, 2020, at Fannie Lou Hamer Room on the campus of Stockton University in Atlantic City, NJ. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
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Congressman Jeff Van Drew speaks Oct. 8 during a debate at Stockton University in Atlantic City.
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Congressman Jeff Van Drew and challenger candidate Amy Kennedy during New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District debate Oct. 8 in the Fannie Lou Hamer Room on the campus of Stockton University in Atlantic City.
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Congressman Jeff Van Drew, R-2nd, and Democratic challenger Amy Kennedy debate Oct. 8 in the Fannie Lou Hamer Room at Stockton University’s Atlantic City campus.
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Congressman Jeff Van Drew and challenger candidate Amy Kennedy during New Jersey’s 2nd congressional district debate Thursday Oct 8, 2020, at Fannie Lou Hamer Room on the campus of Stockton University in Atlantic City, NJ. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
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Congressman Jeff Van Drew and challenger candidate Amy Kennedy during New Jersey’s 2nd congressional district debate Thursday Oct 8, 2020, at Fannie Lou Hamer Room on the campus of Stockton University in Atlantic City, NJ. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
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Congressman Jeff Van Drew and challenger candidate Amy Kennedy during New Jersey’s 2nd congressional district debate Thursday Oct 8, 2020, at Fannie Lou Hamer Room on the campus of Stockton University in Atlantic City, NJ. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
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Congressman Jeff Van Drew and challenger candidate Amy Kennedy during New Jersey's 2nd congressional district debate Thursday Oct 8, 2020, at Fannie Lou Hamer Room on the campus of Stockton University in Atlantic City, NJ. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
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Democrat Amy Kennedy and U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-2nd, debate Thursday in the Fannie Lou Hamer Room at Stockton University’s Atlantic City Campus.
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Congressman Jeff Van Drew and challenger candidate Amy Kennedy during New Jersey's 2nd congressional district debate Thursday Oct 8, 2020, at Fannie Lou Hamer Room on the campus of Stockton University in Atlantic City, NJ. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
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Congressman Jeff Van Drew and challenger candidate Amy Kennedy during New Jersey's 2nd congressional district debate Thursday Oct 8, 2020, at Fannie Lou Hamer Room on the campus of Stockton University in Atlantic City, NJ. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
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Congressman Jeff Van Drew and challenger candidate Amy Kennedy during New Jersey's 2nd congressional district debate Thursday Oct 8, 2020, at Fannie Lou Hamer Room on the campus of Stockton University in Atlantic City, NJ. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
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Congressman Jeff Van Drew and challenger candidate Amy Kennedy during New Jersey's 2nd congressional district debate Thursday Oct 8, 2020, at Fannie Lou Hamer Room on the campus of Stockton University in Atlantic City, NJ. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
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Congressman Jeff Van Drew and challenger candidate Amy Kennedy during New Jersey's 2nd congressional district debate Thursday Oct 8, 2020, at Fannie Lou Hamer Room on the campus of Stockton University in Atlantic City, NJ. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
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Congressman Jeff Van Drew and challenger candidate Amy Kennedy during New Jersey's 2nd congressional district debate Thursday Oct 8, 2020, at Fannie Lou Hamer Room on the campus of Stockton University in Atlantic City, NJ. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
