@phillyinquirer: The day after the midterm election, U.S. Rep.-elect Zack Mullock simultaneously fielded calls from members of Congress and hugs from Cape May residents on the street. One person slowed down his car and shouted congratulations out his window. Others stopped their bicycles to express their well wishes. A coffee shop customer said it was pretty cool that Mullock won. “But who’s gonna be mayor?” The Jersey Shore mayor’s congressional race was not even on the map for national Democrats until just over a month ago. But after Mullock’s improbable win over a Republican four-term incumbent in a district President Donald Trump won by nearly 13 percentage points in 2024, his phone has not stopped ringing. “I missed a call from Kamala Harris last night,” Mullock, 41, said Wednesday, sitting on a stool at his friend’s coffee shop, less than a 10-minute walk from the home he bought with his wife, Justine, in 2013, the front yard littered with their three kids’ sporting equipment. “So, yeah, I have a long list of people to call.” Find more from Mullocks win at the link in our bio. 📝 and 📹 by Aliya Schneider 📸 by Vernon Ogrodnek / For The Inquirer ✂️ by Kyle Crichton / Staff

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