Van Drew’s race suddenly gets interesting

By: Benjamin J. Hulac, Washington Correspondent

Outlets: NJ Spotlight

Published: October 30, 2026

Words: 1,707

Last Updated: 1 week, 3 days ago

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WASHINGTON — It was December 2025, and Jeff Van Drew was trying to broker a deal.

Unless the Republican-majority Congress extended federal tax subsidies, health insurance payments for Obamacare were going to skyrocket in January. The political blowback could end careers.

“We’ve got to try,” U.S. Rep. Van Drew (R-2nd) said at the time, pushing for an 18-month or two-year extension. “I can only do what a human being can do.”

Shuttling between the House …

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