Rep. Thomas Kean Still Trading Stocks Amid Months-Long Absence

BreakingBusinessRep. Thomas Kean Still Trading Stocks Amid Months-Long AbsenceBySara Dorn,Forbes Staff. Sara Dorn is a Forbes news reporter who covers politics.Follow AuthorMay 26, 2026, 12:37pm EDTToplineRep. Thomas Kean, R-N.J., signed a congressional disclosure form Friday acknowledging a series of stock trades during his months-long absence from Congress—as the mystery surrounding his disappearance deepens. Rep. Tom Kean, Jr., R-N.J., participates in a House Transportation Committee hearing on Thursday, June 27, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesKey FactsKean signed off on five stock trades between April 14 and May 17, according to the document obtained by NOTUS, which reported it’s the second time in two months he’s filed a congressional stock disclosure form—while missing more than 100 votes since he last voted March 5.Kean—who is running for a third term in a competitive district Democrats hope to flip—has said he’s dealing with a personal health matter, but he and his staff have offered few details. He hasn’t been photographed in public in weeks and no public sightings have been reported, and he’s canceled several planned appearances, including a speaking event Thursday at the Morris County Chamber of Commerce breakfast, according to The New York Times.His neighbors in Westfield, New Jersey, said his house has appeared unoccupied since before he started missing votes, NOTUS reported last week.Kean—in his first interview since his prolonged absence began—told The New Jersey Globe on Thursday his doctors are “confident” he will make a “full recovery” and that he anticipates he will “return to voting and to the campaign trail” within “the next couple of weeks.” Kean reportedly reemerged on the political scene via phone last week when he began making calls to fellow Republicans in New Jersey to assure them his reelection campaign is moving forward, The New York Times reported, citing several officials who spok...