Tom Malinowski will survive – probably.

With three counties in CD-7 – Morris, Somerset and Union – all releasing updated vote totals today and this evening, Malinowski is now more than 5,000 votes ahead of Republican Thomas H. Kean Jr.

That may not sound like much, but just five days ago, Kean had trimmed the lead to 4,200-4,300 votes.
Malinowski led by about 28,000 votes on Election Night, but Kean steadily closed the gap in the next 10 days.

However, Malinowski got a big boost Sunday when he gained about 400 votes in Union County from overseas ballots.

Since then, just about every batch of released votes has seen the Democrat’s lead expand further, or basically stay the same.

There is still some counting to be done, but it seems clear that Kean is running out of available votes.

If things hold, this is a big win for Malinowski and the Dems.

They have now held three of the four House seats they “flipped” in 2018. The fourth seat Democrats flipped that year is occupied by Jeff Van Drew, who switched parties and won this year in CD-2 as a Republican.