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But It Gets Even Better

On 11/2/21 two upsets occurred in New Jersey … one major and one minor. Following a previous Sunday theme I am going to relate the incredible stories of Edward R. Durr and Nicholas Seppy. Granted some of you may have heard of these two upsets, one major and one minor, but not on MSM.

First the minor upset.

Nicholas Seppy, a 19-year-old graduate of Egg Harbor Township High School, trounced his opponent, sitting board member Terre Alabarda, by about 18 percentage points in New Jersey’s election on 11/2/21.

Seppy reportedly garnered 59% support with 4,042 votes, while Alabarda earned just 41% with 2,830 votes, according to Atlantic County’s election results webpage.

In conversation with the College Fix, Seppy slammed the shutdowns as “awful” and said that he decided to run for a seat on the school board “out of a desire to serve in [his] community” and to “give parents a voice in the district.”

It gets better. Next the major upset.

On Tuesday, November 2, Mr. Edward Durr defeated Steve Sweeney in New Jersey’s Third District. Okay, okay some guy in New Jersey beat some other guy in New Jersey … so what.

To start with Steve Sweeney is the longest-serving president of the state Senate in New Jersey’s history, while Edward Durr is a 58 year old truck driver who has never held office.

But it gets even better!

Records show that Sweeney and his Assembly running mates had spent more than $1 million as of late October. Meanwhile Ed Durr, of Logan Township, and his running mates raised just $10,460, according to an Oct. 27 campaign finance report. [By contrast, when New Jersey’s largest teachers’ union sought to unseat Sweeney in 2017, it spent about $5 million, and Sweeney won anyway. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)]

Speaking to “Fox News Primetime,” Durr noted that his victory is one by the people, not him.

“I didn’t beat him. We beat him,” Durr said. “The state of New Jersey, the people of New Jersey beat him. They listened to what I had to say and I listened to what they had to say, and it’s a repudiation of Governor Murphy [who] went and locked us down and ignored the people’s voice and senator Sweeney chose to do nothing for those 18 months.”

Durr also vowed to continue being a voice for the people. 

“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,” he said.

But it gets even better!

One hundred and fifty-three dollars.

Reportedly that’s all truck driver Edward Durr spent on his New Jersey state Senate campaign — $66.64 to buy food and drinks for staff and $86.67 for paper flyers and business cards, according to WCAU-TV.

He built his bare-bones campaign at the grassroots level, walking door-to-door throughout the district, wearing jeans and tennis shoes and introducing himself to voters. In ads, Durr is hopping down from his commercial-grade truck or revving the engine on his motorcycle, appearing like the quintessential suburban dad — and in stark contrast to Sweeney, often besuited and photographed over lecterns in the state capital.

What does Mr. Durr stand for?

It gets better and better.

From Townhall:

“I’ve said this before: I’m as blue-collar as you’re ever going to find,” Durr said to WTXF.

To Politico Durr said, “You have the debacle of unemployment. The masking of the kids in school. You have Senator Sweeney trying to take away people’s medical freedom rights,” Durr added. “I think the perfect storm was that he stepped into a pile of you-know-what and couldn’t get out of it because he didn’t know which way to turn. I just tapped into the right focus.”

He also told the outlet that he views himself as a “constitutional conservative” who’s in favor of cutting taxes (income, corporate, and other state taxes) to help “businesses to grow” and reducing property taxes. Durr also wants abortion stopped and favors a law that would outlaw it if a fetal heartbeat is detected, Politico added.

Plus, he’s a big Second Amendment backer who said in a recent YouTube interview that running into roadblocks getting a concealed carry permit spurred him to run for office.

Congrats to both Edward R. Durr and Nicholas Seppy. They are my kind of guys. While I will not moving to New Jersey, perhaps N.J. could clone both of them and send copies to California!

11/7/21

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