Menendez, Kean Head(ed) to Washington on Sunday for freshman orientation

New Jersey’s newest congressmen have much to do before January 3 swearing-in

newjerseyglobe.com
Robert J. Menendez, a Democrat, and Thomas H. Kean, Jr., a Republican, were elected to Congress in Tuesday’s general election.

Menendez, 37, is the son of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez. The 54-year-old Kean’s father is Thomas H. Kean, a former Assembly Speaker and the state’s governor from 1982 to 1990.