NJ-06: Pallone defeats two primary foes for 20th term
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-Long Branch) has defeated two underdog Democratic primary challengers on his way to a 20th term in Congress, the New Jersey Globe projects.
As of 10:07 p.m. and with around four-fifths of the vote reporting, Pallone has 67% of the vote to climate change activist John Hsu’s 26% and investment analyst Katie Bansil’s 8%.
Pallone was first elected to Congress in 1988, winning what was then numbered as the 3rd district after Rep. James Howard (D-Spring Lake Heights) died in office. A number of foes on both the Republican and Democratic sides of the aisle have made efforts to unseat him over the years, but the congressman has proven resilient.
This year, it was Hsu and Bansil who took up the mantle against Pallone, both saying the district needed someone fresher and more left-wing than the progressive 74-year-old congressman. It wasn’t Hsu’s first time tangling with Pallone; Pallone won their first matchup in 2024 by an 84%-16% margin, and Hsu had previously planned to run in 2020 but dropped out long before the primary.
https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/pallone-defeats-two-primary-foes-for-20th-term-in-nj-6/