That outcome could be indicative of a significant shift in New Jersey’s electoral landscape. Still, trailing at all was an almost unthinkable scenario just days ago. Our voters deserve that, and we will wait for the final results.”
“While I am currently trailing in the race, we want to make sure every vote is counted. “For instance there were 12,000 ballots recently found in one county,” Sweeney said in an email to POLITICO. He remains down more than 2,000 votes but said additional ballots “continue to come in.” Sweeney would not concede on Thursday afternoon, dismissing the Associated Press‘ decision to call the race earlier in the morning. And Murphy, despite claiming victory, appears to have significantly underperformed his own campaign’s expectations. Democrats will see their majorities shrink in both chambers of the state Legislature. Durr’s Assembly running mates, Bethanne McCarthy Patrick and Beth Sawyer, appeared on track to defeat incumbents John Burzichelli and Adam Taliaferro (both D-Gloucester). This was a far different election, with Republican districts and those with large blue-collar populations turning out in droves for Republicans. By contrast, the New Jersey Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, spent about $5.4 million on a 2017 effort to unseat Sweeney, yet he still won by 18 points. She laughed at me and said ‘Dad, you’ve got tears running down my face,” Durr said Wednesday morning.ĭurr, a 58-year-old father of three and grandfather of six who grew up in South Jersey, estimates he spent less than $10,000 on the race. “I kept telling myself and telling people I was going to do it, but in the back of my mind I was like, ‘You know, how am I going to beat the Senate president?” said Durr, who ran unsuccessfully for state Assembly in 2019 and has never held elected office.īut Durr said that, as he sat in his living room with his family Tuesday night as results rolled in, it dawned on him that there was a decent chance he’d soon be a member of the state Senate - and the man who took down Sweeney. State Republicans quickly jumped on victory - despite deploying no resources in the race. Even Durr harbored doubts about his chances and wasn’t ready to declare victory in a Wednesday interview, telling POLITICO he was “walking on eggshells” until the results became official.
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