Democrat Rebecca Bennett will face Rep. Tom Kean Jr., R-N.J., an embattled lawmaker sidelined for months by an undisclosed health issue, in November’s general election.  Bennett, a former Navy helicopter pilot, won the Democratic nomination in a crowded primary for a battleground New Jersey House seat, according to The Associated Press.  Kean, who has not appeared in public since early March, ran unopposed for the GOP nomination. Bennett’s...

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt spent part of Election Day at Roscoe’s House of Chicken ‘N Waffles, one of the city’s many recognizable culinary institutions, as voters headed to the polls in Tuesday’s primary election. Pratt first rose to fame on MTV’s reality show “The Hills” alongside his wife, Heidi Montag. This year he launched an unconventional bid for Los Angeles mayor as a registered Republican, running...

Though California voters are heading to the polls tonight, they may not know the results of several key primary races for days – a fact that has people across the political spectrum raising concerns. “The fact that California elections often can’t be resolved for weeks is kind of insane and not common in other electoral systems around the world,” Nate Silver, a top political data analyst, wrote on...