NJ election results coverage is live in New Jersey, where Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. is facing Rebecca Bennet in the New Jersey U.S. House Midterm Election 2026. NBC News is tracking the race as votes are counted and the expected vote shifts with new information.
Bennet is a health care executive and former Navy Helicopter pilot. The race sits in a district NBC News describes as one of the more vulnerable Republican seats on the map, which is why the vote count is drawing close attention.
New Jersey Seventh Congressional District 2026
The expected vote is NBC News's estimate of how many ballots will be in the race once counting is finished. NBC News bases that figure on early votes and on information from county election officials on Election Day, then updates it as new data arrive.
That means the number can move during the night. A voter, campaign, or reader looking at the live results is seeing a working estimate, not a fixed total, and the target can change as NBC News gathers more information.
NBC News Decision Desk
The data behind the live results come from The, and projections are made by the NBC News Decision Desk. Those two pieces matter because they separate the vote feed from the call-making process that turns raw returns into a race call.
Kean's matchup with Bennet is the story line behind the numbers. One candidate is an incumbent Republican described as vulnerable; the other is a health care executive with military flight experience, making the contest the kind of live House race where each update can matter.
Election Day vote count
For readers following the race now, the practical step is simple: keep watching the vote count as it changes through Election Day and after. The live results page will keep adjusting the expected vote as more ballots are included, and that is the figure most likely to change before the race settles.
The unresolved part is not the matchup itself but the count. Until the expected vote stabilizes, the live results remain the best snapshot of how Tom Kean Jr. and Rebecca Bennet are doing in New Jersey.
