House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) advanced 16 Republican congressional candidates on Monday to the National Republican Congressional Committee’s (NRCC) highest level of the 2020 “Young Guns” program, including New Jersey conservative David Richter.

“These candidates are gaining serious momentum in their respective races,” McCarthy said in a statement on Monday. “They’re working every single day to fight back against the Democrats’ socialist agenda, and their success is critical to ensure we flip the House this November.”

The NRCC will promote many Republican congressional candidates across the country to the highest level of the Young Guns program. This includes:

New Jersey’s third congressional district represents a pivotal swing district on the Republicans’ road to retake the House majority.

Kim, whom Richter hopes to oust in the 2020 congressional elections, represents one of the 13 congressional districts that Trump won by more than six percent during the 2016 presidential election but that House Democrats managed to flip during the 2018 midterms. Republicans only need to retake a net 17 seats to regain the House majority.

A Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) poll released in July found that the poll has struck a dead heat between Richter and Kim.

Sean Moran is a congressional reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter @SeanMoran3.