Democrat Adam Hamawy, a plastic surgeon and retired US Army combat doctor, projected to win New Jersey's 12th Congressional District, becoming the state's first Muslim member of Congress. He defeats Republican Gregg Mele and will succeed retiring Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman.
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Decision Desk HQ projected Hamawy's victory over Mele, an attorney, maintaining the safely Democratic constituency in party hands as results were confirmed on Tuesday evening.
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Watson Coleman previously secured re-election in 2024 by 25 percentage points.
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Born in Egypt and raised in the United States, the 56-year-old Iraq War veteran later joined medical missions in Bosnia, Sudan, Lebanon, and Syria.
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Hamawy prevailed in a crowded primary field for the Democratic nomination earlier this year.
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He travelled to southern Gaza on a humanitarian mission in 2024 during the Israeli genocide, an experience that proved decisive in his entry into politics.
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