Tom Kean’s Long Absence Clouds His Reelection Prospects

“After a 116-day absence from Washington, followed by a five-minute speech in a largely empty House chamber, Representative Thomas Kean Jr. now begins a four-month fight for his political survival,” the New York Times reports.

“His re-election may depend in part on whether Mr. Kean’s long absence, and the depression diagnosis that sidelined him, affect his ability to mount a defense of his seat in November.”