User:Djflem/2020 United States House of Representatives election in New Jersey District 2

District 2
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New Jersey's 2nd congressional district is located in southern New Jersey coast, and encompasses the Vineland, Atlantic City and Cape May.

Incumbant
The incumbent is Republican Jeff Van Drew (R), who was elected in 2018 as a Democrat, flipping the district with 52.9% of the vote. On December 19, 2019, in a meeting with President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in the Oval Office, Van Drew announced that he officially changed his party affiliation to the Republican Party.

Declared

 * Brian Fitzherbert, engineer and former Atlantic County Young Republicans chairman
 * Bob Patterson, former vice president for government relations at the United States Business and Industry Council and nominee for New Jersey's 1st congressional district in 2016
 * David Richter, engineer, lawyer, businessman and former CEO of Hill International
 * Jeff Van Drew, incumbent U.S. Representative

Potential

 * Chris A. Brown, state senator
 * Seth Grossman, former Atlantic County freeholder and nominee for New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in 2018

Declined

 * DiAnne Gove, state assemblywoman
 * Hirsh Singh, engineer, candidate for New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in 2018, and candidate for governor in 2017 (running for U.S. Senate)

Declared

 * Ashley Bennett, Atlantic County freeholder
 * John Francis, West Cape May commissioner
 * Brigid Callahan Harrison, political science professor at Montclair State University
 * Amy Kennedy, teacher and wife of former U.S. Representative Patrick J. Kennedy

Potential

 * Ray Batten, former New Jersey Superior Court judge
 * Jack Surrency, Cumberland County freeholder
 * Robert Turkavage, former FBI agent and Republican candidate for New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in 2018

Declined

 * Adam Taliaferro, state assemblyman