Democratic Congressman Andy Kim, who currently represents the 3rd District, consisting of part of Stafford Township west of the Garden State Parkway, Barnegat Township and Ocean County north to Point Pleasant, has lost Stafford, Barnegat and Waretown plus the Seaside barrier island towns to Republican Congressman Jeff Van Drew in the state redistricting, approved Wednesday, Dec. 22 by the bipartisan redistricting commission.

As required by the New Jersey Constitution, the redistricting commission is charged with redrawing the lines of the…