Edward Durr, a Trump-supporting Republican who defeated a Democrat in 2021 who was New Jersey’s longest-serving senate president, is running for governor.
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ATrump-supportingtruckerwhomadehistoryin2021bywinninganelectionagainstaDemocratwhowasNewJersey’slongest-servingsenatepresidentisnowrunningforthegovernor–andsaysaffordabilityisthe“majorissue”facinghisstate.
EdwardDurr,speakingtoPolitico,said“Wearedyinginthestatebecauseoftheaffordabilityproblem”as“peoplecan’taffordtolivehere”and“theycan’taffordtoraiseafamilyhere.”
Durr,whoservedasingletermasa NewJerseystatesenatorfollowinghis2021electionvictory,isoneofseveralRepublicancandidatesseekingthegovernor’soffice.OntheDemocratside–SteveSweeney,whofor12yearsservedasthestate’ssenatepresidentbeforelosingtoDurrinSouthJerseyafewyearsago,isamongthosealsorunningagainsthim.
“IwilldowhatisrightforNewJersey,evenifitmeansIwouldbetossedinthenextfouryears,”DurrtoldPolitico,whichreportst
