Democrats bullish on flipping missing New Jersey Republican's House seat

Democrats are feeling bullish about their chances of flipping a critical New Jersey battleground district amid a Republican congressman’s prolonged absence from Washington.

Rep.

Thomas Kean, Jr.

(R-N.J.) formally clinched the GOP nomination for another term Tuesday, teeing up an uphill battle for the toss-up seat representing the west-central part of the Garden State.

He’s...