- Edward Durr is a 58-year-old truck driver for furniture store Raymour & Flanigan
- Durr won the race by 52 percent to 48 percent on Thursday, AP reported
- He defeated NJ Senate President Steve Sweeney, who is the longest-serving legislative leader in New Jersey’s history and has been in senate since 2002
- Sweeney said on Thursday that he’s not conceding until all the votes are in
- According to AP, 100% of the precincts in Sweeney’s district have reported
- The last time Sweeney had to defend his seat in 2017, nearly $20 million was spent in what is known as one of the most expensive legislative races in US
- Democrats have struggled statewide in the blue stronghold, with incumbent Democratic Governor Murphy just barely crawling to victory
- Out of the $153, Durr spent $66.64 at Dunkin Donuts to buy food and drinks for his ‘staff’ and $86.67 for flyers and business cards
A Republican truck driver who spent just $153 on his campaign and ran for office after he was denied a gun permit secured a stunning victory against the longest-serving legislative leader in New Jersey history in the state’s elections – but the loser is disputing the results and claims more ballots were ‘found’ on Thursday.
The election was held on Tuesday but Associated Press only called the race today after 100 percent of precincts had reported.
Underdog GOP candidate Ed Durr delivered a humiliating defeat to Democratic Senate President Steve Sweeney in South New Jersey’s 3rd Legislative District by a razor thin margin of 52 percent of the vote to 48.
It’s another embarrassing upset for the Democrats after they lost the Virginia gubernatorial election, struggled in the race for New Jersey governor and were swept by a red wave in Long Island, New York.
But two days after voters cast their ballots, Sweeney said the race still isn’t over and he’s not conceding. That’s despite the Associated Press indicating that every precinct in the legislative district has already finished reporting.
‘The results from Tuesday’s election continue to come in, for instance there were 12,000 ballots recently found in one county,’ the veteran lawmaker told Politico.
‘While I am currently trailing in the race, we want to make sure every vote is counted. Our voters deserve that, and we will wait for the final results.’
Sweeney claimed more ballots were ‘found’ in the local race, despite AP reporting that all the precincts in New Jersey’s Legislative District 3 had turned in their results.
Nationwide, Americans are indicating that they’re unhappy with rising inflation and the state of the economy – and how Democrats are handling them.
On Fox News last night Durr said he didn’t even have any plans for when he gets to the state capital of Trenton.
‘I really don’t know,’ he said when asked about what he’ll do his first day.
‘That’s the key factor. I don’t know what I don’t know, but I will learn what I need to know, and I’m going to guarantee one thing – I will be the voice and people will hear me because if there is one thing people will learn about me, I got a big mouth and I don’t shut up when I want to be heard. I’m going to be heard.’
Durr, 58, is employed as a truck driver for furniture store Raymour & Flanigan. He grew up in South Jersey and has three children and six grandchildren.
Out of the $153, he spent $66.64 at Dunkin Donuts to buy food and drinks for his ‘staff’ and $86.67 for flyers and business cards.