Nowhere is the field more crowded than in New Jersey’s Seventh Congressional district where the Republican incumbent, Mike Ferguson, is retiring.

Two years ago, Ferguson had a near-defeat experience when Democrat Linda Stender came within a single percentage point of beating him. Now, Democrats are coalescing behind Stender, but no fewer than Seventh Republicans are vying to be their party’s standard-bearer.

WNYC’s Bob Hennelly has this profile of the central Jersey district.