CD-7 Flashpoint: Shah Sends a Message to Kean, Jr.

Two weeks ago, Tom Kean Jr. sent out a fundraising appeal centered on a “Biden-Obama insider” jumping into the CD-7 race.

That so-called insider is Tina Shah, a physician who has served as a senior advisor to the U.S. Surgeon General and the National Director of Clinician Wellbeing at the VA. during the Obama and Biden administrations.

On Wednesday evening, Shah was interviewed over zoom by OneNJ7, a left-leaning public interest group. She was the last of six, CD-7 Democratic candidates looking to challenge Kean next year to appear.
Kean’s reaction to Shah’s entry into the race did not come up.

But she did bring up what got the attention of Team Kean.

Shah said her campaign raised about $260,000 her first day in the race.

Shah is triple board-certified in internal medicine,…