Yes, Brenda mentioned the matchup is set in what will arguably be New Jersey's most competitive congressional race, District seven between incumbent Republican Tom Kean and challenger Sue Altman.

And the showdown is expected to have national implications.

The seventh District is one of just a handful across the country that could decide which party controls the House.

For more, we turn to our Washington correspondent Ben Hulac who's been looking into what's ahead.

Ben, good to see you.

A big night in some respects.

Last night, I'm thinking about CD seven and the piece that you wrote, the matchup is now finally said.

Between Tom Kean and Sue Altman.

Could this have implications beyond the borders of New Jersey?

Certainly, it's an incredibly tight, contested and held house right now, as is.

There's only a five seat majority for the Republicans that will likely, I would say, stay somewhat close and will probably have a similar margin in the new Congress.

109 seats.

Congress and Congress, congressional control will likely be decided by a few dozen seats, one of which is CD seven, as you said, in New Jersey.

That is a seat that in 2020 President Biden carried.

It was redistricted to be more favorable for Republicans.

And then Tom Kean won in the 2022 midterms with that more favorable map.

There are about 17,000 more Republicans registered in the seventh District, which is a big switch from 2020, where there were was a democratic edge in registration.

So we should expect to see beyond what went on during the primary considerable resources, money time being poured into that district.

Right.

Both national organizations, but the organizations of both federal parties, national parties have poured significant money and resources into the seven.

And that's certainly not going to stop.

Tom Kaine is a bit hard to get and track down here on the Hill, but certainly the national party bosses know who he is back in New Jersey.

Yeah, we know you're working on that, Ben, in the Senate, which could be another competitive race.

You've got Andy Kim Curtis Bashaw.

Of course, Senator Menendez running as an independent.

But if he does not get reelected, we're going to have someone who lacks the seniority that he brought to the office.

What does that mean for New Jersey?

Right.

I think of my job as covering really two worlds.

One is the political world and is the policy world.

And to succeed in the policy world, you of course, need to win elections.

And Menendez has done that for years.

He's 70 points in seniority right now in the Senate.

That is quite high.

He's been here since 2006 in the Senate chamber.

And that means you get your pick of the litter on committee assignments.

So, of course, after he was indicted, he stepped down as chairman from the Foreign Relations Committee, but that he's still on banking and housing and urban affairs and Finance, which is the tax writing committee.

This is a bit of the wonky aspect of governance that most of the public either don't track or see.

And it's and it's complicated, but the higher up you are in the pecking order in the Senate means you have more control over federal dollars and all sorts of influence.

Than he would like for us.

Ben, thanks so much.

My pleasure.

Thanks.