New Jersey | November 11, 2021
NJ senate president concedes to newcomer Edward Durr, cites ‘red wave’
New Jersey | November 11, 2021
New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney, one of the most powerful elected officials in the state, conceded on Wednesday that he lost reelection to the state Senate.
Sweeney, a Democrat, lost to Republican political newcomer and commercial truck driver Edward Durr in southern New Jersey’s 3rd District.
“I of course accept the results. I want to congratulate Mr. Durr and wish him the best of luck,” Sweeney said during a speech at the statehouse complex Wednesday… (Excerpts from the Washington Times)
New Jersey | November 4, 2021
Truck Driver Defeated NJ Senate President After Spending $153 on Campaign
New Jersey | November 4, 2021
Edward Durr, a commercial truck driver for 25 years, unseated in the Nov. 2 election the long-tenured New Jersey Senate president after spending only $153 on the campaign, according to unofficial election results published by New Jersey Herald.
To his surprise, Durr, a Republican, won 52 percent of the votes defeating New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney in the District 3 Senate race. His grassroots campaign included knocking on doors to introduce himself to voters, reported NJ. com.
“The funny thing is, whenever I went around door-to-door, everybody, the first words out of their mouth was ‘Good luck;’ like they knew the political power that was being wielded down here,” Durr, 58, told Fox 29 Philadelphia in an interview…. (Excerpts from the Epoch Times)
New Jersey, Virginia | November 3, 2021
Republicans jolt Biden with win in Virginia, close race in New Jersey
New Jersey, Virginia | November 3, 2021
Republicans pushed Democrats out of the Virginia governorship and were running even in heavily Democratic New Jersey on Wednesday, signaling trouble for President Joe Biden’s party heading into next year’s congressional elections.
Republican Glenn Youngkin, a former private equity executive, claimed victory over Democratic former Governor Terry McAuliffe in Tuesday’s vote after distancing himself just enough from former President Donald Trump to win back moderates who had supported Biden just a year ago.
In New Jersey, Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli and incumbent Democrat Phil Murphy were locked in a virtual draw, even though registered Democratic voters outnumber Republicans there by more than 1 million. Still, Democrats clung to hope because more votes were due to be counted in their strongholds.
Both saw strong gains in the suburbs from independent voters who had been turned off by Trump’s style of politics. The results in states that Biden won easily in 2020 suggested that Democrats’ razor-thin majorities Congress were highly vulnerable in the 2022 elections…. (Excerpts from Reuters)
New Jersey | October 30, 2021
New Jersey Voters Choose Between ‘Progressive Governor’ or Proponent of Fixing State’s Problems
New Jersey | October 30, 2021
With only a few days to go until Election Day, New Jersey voters will decide between the Democratic incumbent called “a progressive governor” by his supporters and his Republican challenger running under the slogan “Let’s Fix New Jersey.”
The incumbent, Governor Phil Murphy, running for reelection held leadership roles at Goldman Sachs’ offices in Germany and Hong Kong for more than 20 years and served as an ambassador to Germany during the presidency of Barack Obama. He was also a finance chair for the Democratic National Committee.
The Republican challenger, Jack Ciattarelli, is a certified public accountant, a two-time small businessman, and a lifelong resident of New Jersey… (Excerpts from the Epoch Times)
International, New Jersey | July 2, 2021
PM Naftali Bennett lived in NJ as a kid. Israel belongs to all Jews, he says
International, New Jersey | July 2, 2021
NEW JERSEY (Jewish Standard) — Israel recently swore in its 13th prime minister — and the third to have spent formative years in the United States.
Golda Meir, who led Israel from 1969 through 1974, immigrated from Kyiv to Milwaukee with her family when she was 8, in 1906; she only moved to Palestine 15 years later, not long after she married Morris Meyerson. (She changed her name to Meir in 1956, when she became Israel’s foreign minister.)
Benjamin Netanyahu, whose tenure as Israel’s longest-serving prime minister ended in June, spent two stints of his youth — one in elementary school, one in high school — in suburban Philadelphia, while his historian father taught Jewish history at Dropsie College…
(Excerpts from the Times of Israel)