The Democrats to watch after Tuesday’s primaries: from army doctor to Paralympian

Many of the Democrats who won their primaries are new to the national political scene – here are the names to know A host of Democrats, many new to the national political scene, won their primaries on Tuesday, from a navy veteran in New Jersey, to a Paralympian in Iowa, to an auto shop owner in California. The candidates were running in all types of races – toss-up districts, safe seats expected to stay in Democratic hands, and red states that, however, seem more in play for the left than ever in a midterm elections year that is expected to broadly favor the Democrats. Here are some names to know. When the former healthcare executive Rebecca Bennett secured the Democratic nomination for New Jersey’s seventh congressional district, she called herself a “political outsider” and “a 2010 Honda Accord-driving, navy-veteran mom”. She could soon be a member of Congress, poised to flip a seat held by a Republican who has been absent on the job for months. The Republican, Tom Kean Jr, represents the suburban swing district that Trump carried narrowly in 2024 and ran unopposed in the primary, seeking a third term. But he has been mysteriously missing in Congress since early Mar