The 2024 United States House District 7 election in New Jersey was held on November 5, 2024.

The two leading candidates were Sue Altman– Democrat and Thomas Kean Jr.– Republican. Kean won.

The 7th district is one of the wealthiest districts in the U.S., encompassing the New Jersey Highlands of Hunterdon and Warren counties. Thomas Kean Jr., who flipped the district and was elected with 51.4% of the vote in 2022.

Sue Altman is a teacher, basketball coach, and leader of a non-profit organization focused primarily on combating political corruption in Trenton

Party: Democrat Party
Home: Lambertville, NJ
Education: Columbia University, Oxford University
Candidate for: 2024 New Jersey Member of the US House elections (lost)
Current Position: Executive Director of the New Jersey Working Families Alliance

Current Position: US Representative of NJ District 7 since 2023
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: New Jersey Senate 21st District from 2003 to 2022, serving as minority leader from 2008 to 2022
District:  includes all of Hunterdon and Warren Counties; and parts of Morris, Somerset, Sussex, and Union Counties
Upcoming Election: Running for reelection to House seat NJ o7.

Kean is the son of former New Jersey governor Thomas Kean. Kean was an aide to former Congressman Bob Franks and a special assistant at the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the George H. W. Bush administration. He has also been a volunteer firefighter and a volunteer emergency medical technician.