2026-06-01T22:19:25.464Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：莎拉·费里斯
发布时间：2026年6月1日 美国东部时间下午6:19
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内容摘要
- 共和党众议员汤姆·基恩自3月初以来因不明医疗问题一直未在华盛顿露面。
- 众议院共和党人对他的健康状况以及此次无故缺席是否会影响他们保住关键席位的能力感到担忧。
- 基恩在周二的初选中无对手参选。他尚未透露返回国会山的具体日期。
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共和党众议员汤姆·基恩正在周二的初选中无对手参选，谋求连任美国竞争最激烈的选区之一的第三任期。
但选民数月来未曾直接见到或听到基恩的消息，目前仍不清楚他何时能返回国会山工作。据三名共和党领导层消息人士透露，基恩尚未向众议院议长迈克·约翰逊及其团队透露返回日期，而自3月初以来，领导层一直在他缺席的情况下维持着微弱的多数席位优势。
这位新泽西州国会议员在4月底的社交媒体上表示，他正在处理“个人医疗问题”，但未具体说明病情，并表示将“很快”返回。上月末，他告诉《新泽西环球报》，自己将在“未来几周内”返回。
然而，他的缺席如今越来越令众议院共和党人感到不安。多名消息人士称，基恩的同事们担心他的健康状况，以及此次无故缺席会在本已艰难的中期选举周期中，使共和党保住关键摇摆席位的努力变得更加复杂。
消息人士透露，部分共和党人还对他们眼中的重大公关失误感到沮丧，基恩的团队无法回答有关他返回的具体问题，随后因缺乏回应而遭到全国关注。
基恩办公室的多名助理未回应CNN的置评请求。
乔纳森·恩斯特/路透社
自3月5日最后一次投票以来，基恩曾私下与约翰逊会面。但消息人士称，如果议长或其他领导层人士知晓基恩的病情，他们并未向同事或自己的工作人员透露。
基恩的缺席让许多众议院共和党同僚感到困惑。一些人私下质疑，如果基恩在初选后被迫退出竞选会发生什么。根据新泽西州法律，初选后出现的席位空缺将由该州共和党县委员会主席填补。（基恩上月告诉《环球报》，他计划竞选连任。）
不过，他仍获得了领导层的支持，约翰逊在国会山向记者公开表态支持他。而且他在初选前获得了特朗普的正式背书。
到目前为止，他在初选中的民主党对手大多未在竞选活动中将基恩的缺席作为政治攻击武器。但共和党人认为，在周二选民选出民主党候选人后，这将成为更有力的攻击点。目前有四名民主党候选人各自筹集了超过100万美元的竞选资金，其中前海军直升机飞行员丽贝卡·贝内特被视为领跑者，筹集了近300万美元。
自3月初以来，基恩继续定期在其社交媒体账号上发帖，但出席高中毕业典礼和新企业剪彩仪式等公开活动的都是他的工作人员。他最后一次公开活动似乎是在3月初，当时他周末参加了新泽西乌克兰裔文化中心的纪录片放映等活动。
This GOP congressman is running unopposed in Tuesday’s primary. He’s been missing from Washington for nearly three months
2026-06-01T22:19:25.464Z / CNN
By Sarah Ferris
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2026, 6:19 PM ET
Rep. Tom Kean listens during a Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs about Belarus on Capitol Hill in December 2023.
Mariam Zuhaib/AP
Summary
- GOP Rep. Tom Kean hasn’t been seen in Washington since early March due to an unspecified medical issue.
- House Republicans are concerned about his health and whether the unexplained absence will complicate their ability to hold a key seat.
- Kean is running unopposed in his primary Tuesday. He hasn’t offered a date for his return to Capitol Hill.
AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.
GOP Rep. Tom Kean is running unopposed in his primary on Tuesday, seeking a third term in one of the nation’s most competitive seats.
But voters haven’t seen or heard directly from Kean in months — and it’s still unclear when he might return to work on Capitol Hill. Kean has yet to offer a date for his return to House Speaker Mike Johnson and his team, who have been navigating their reed-thin margins without him since early March, according to three GOP leadership sources.
The New Jersey congressman said in late April on social media that he’s dealing with a “personal medical issue,” without specifying what it is, and said he would be back “very soon.” Late last month, he told The New Jersey Globe that he’d be back in the “next couple of weeks.”
His absence, though, is now increasingly rattling House Republicans. Kean’s colleagues say they are worried about his health — and how the unexplained absence could complicate the GOP’s ability to hold onto a critical swing seat in an already difficult midterm cycle, according to multiple sources.
Some Republicans, too, are frustrated by what they see as a massive public relations failure, sources say, with the congressman’s team unable to answer specific questions about his return — and then drawing national scrutiny for the lack of responses.
Multiple aides in Kean’s office did not respond to requests for comment from CNN.
A worker passes the office door of U.S. Representative Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ), who has not been seen in public in two months, at the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 14, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Kean has spoken privately to Johnson since his last vote on March 5. But if the speaker or others in leadership are aware of Kean’s medical condition, they have not disclosed it to their colleagues or their own staff, sources said.
Kean’s absence has mystified many of his House Republican colleagues. Some have been privately raising questions about what happens if Kean is forced to drop out of the race after the primary. Under New Jersey law, a post-primary vacancy would be filled by the state’s GOP county committee leaders. (Kean told the Globe last month that he is planning to run for reelection.)
He has maintained leadership support, however, with Johnson publicly backing him to reporters on Capitol Hill. And he earned a formal Trump endorsement ahead of his primary.
So far, his Democratic opponents in the primary have mostly refrained from using Kean’s absence as a political cudgel on the trail. But Republicans believe it will become a more salient attack line after voters choose their Democratic nominee on Tuesday, choosing between four candidates who’ve each raised more than $1 million. (Former Navy helicopter pilot Rebecca Bennett is considered the frontrunner, raising nearly $3 million.)
Since early March, Kean has continued to post regularly on his social media accounts. But it’s his staff who are attending high school graduations and ribbon cutting ceremonies for new businesses. His last public events appear to have been in early March, when he spent the weekend attending events such as a documentary screening at the Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey.