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Stunning Electoral Victory Of Truck Driver Over N.J. Power Broker Clouded By Disturbing Social Media Posts

Edward Durr, who is projected to win a seat in the New Jersey state Senate, has a dark history on social media

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GOP trucker Ed Durr beats top NJ lawmaker

New Jersey’s longtime state Senate president, Democrat Steve Sweeney lost reelection, falling to a Republican newcomer who spent little money and underscoring Democratic woes in the Biden era.

Mike Catalini at AP, via NewsNation Now:

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s longtime state Senate president, Democrat Steve Sweeney lost reelection, falling to a Republican newcomer who spent little money and underscoring Democratic woes in the Biden era.

Edward Durr, a furniture company truck driver and first-time officeholder, defeated Sweeney in New Jersey’s 3rd Legislative District, according to results tallied Thursday.

Sweeney’s defeat was unexpected, and has cast the fate of state government into uncertainty.

“It is stunning and shocking and I cannot figure it out,” said Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg said in an interview.

His loss unfolded in a politically competitive suburban Philadelphia district whose counties split their votes between Democrats and Republicans in the presidential elections in 2016 and again in 2020.

It also coincided with boosted GOP turnout even in an off-year election that saw Republicans make gains across the state. Durr’s victory Thursday netted about 3% more votes than Sweeney did in 2017 in unofficial returns.

Sweeney’s attention was also focused on tight Senate races elsewhere in the state.

In New Jersey, Edward Durr (R) topples longtime State Senate President Steve Sweeney (D) from his NJ-LD03 seat. This win, perversely, is big one for the Garden State's progressives. 

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New Jersey truck driver Edward Durr defeats state Senate president, longtime Dem

New Jersey truck driver Edward Durr defeats state Senate president, longtime Dem

Associated Press called race in favor of Durr on Thursday, two days after Election Day. The Associated Press has officially called a state Senate race in southern New Jersey in favor of Republican candidate and commercial truck driver Edward Durr, who spent only $153 on his primary campaign. Durr took the election over the longest-serving legislative leader in state history and current New Jersey…

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