{"id":967425,"date":"2021-11-04T12:28:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T16:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=967425"},"modified":"2021-11-04T12:28:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T16:28:44","slug":"republican-truck-driver-who-spent-153-on-campaign-unseats-top-democrat-in-stunning-upset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-truck-driver-who-spent-153-on-campaign-unseats-top-democrat-in-stunning-upset\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Truck Driver Who Spent $153 On Campaign Unseats Top Democrat In Stunning Upset"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublican-truck-driver-who-spent-153-on-campaign-unseats-top-democrat-in-stunning-upset%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=967425&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Edward Durr, a Republican truck driver and political newcomer, officially unseated New Jersey Senate president Steve Sweeney.<\/p>\n<p>Durr, who spent just $153 on his New Jersey State Senate campaign, was declared the winner Thursday morning, the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZekeJMiller\/status\/1456280066116173825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. Almost half of Durr\u2019s campaign funds were reportedly spent at restaurant chain Dunkin\u2019 Donuts, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/blue-collar-truck-driver-on-verge-of-unseating-leader-of-democratic-machine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to The Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.9942857142857\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">TRENTON, N.J. (AP) \u2014 Top NJ lawmaker Steve Sweeney defeated by GOP newcomer Edward Durr, who spent just $153 on his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZekeJMiller\/status\/1456280066116173825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Durr said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/03\/new-jersey-edward-durr-steve-sweeney-state-senate-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview<\/a> on Fox News that he was \u201cnot seeking power or fame, only to give the people better representation.\u201d Durr reportedly entered the race after being denied a concealed carry permit despite a clean record, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/truck-driver-leads-nj-senate-president-after-spending-153-on-campaign\/3030225\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to NBC Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by Fox News host Rachel Campos Duffy what he planned to do when elected, Durr said he didn\u2019t know. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/03\/winsome-sears-kamala-harris-virginia-glenn-youngkin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Newly Elected Va. Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears Wasted Almost No Time Trolling VP Kamala Harris)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the key factor. I don\u2019t know what I don\u2019t know. So, I will learn what I need to know,\u201d Durr said. \u201cI\u2019m going to guarantee you one thing.I will be the voice, and people will hear me \u2026 If there\u2019s one thing people will learn about me, I got a big mouth, and I don\u2019t shut up when I want to be heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Durr has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/edward.durr.9\/videos\/1179447345913298\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">criticized<\/a>&nbsp;New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy\u2019s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, and he describes himself as \u201cblue collar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edward Durr, a Republican truck driver and political newcomer, officially unseated New Jersey Senate president Steve Sweeney.Durr, who spent just $153 on his New Jersey State Senate campaign, was declared &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-967425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=967425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=967425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=967425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=967425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}