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The Strange Case Of Edward Durr

No money. No campaign. No bio. Nobody.

I had never heard of Edward R. Durr until a few days ago. His remarkable victory over a powerful incumbent New Jersey Democrat for a seat in the state senate stunned many political observers. He characterized his win as a rejection of the Democratic Party’s response to the pandemic. He ran no campaign, no ground game, and varying estimates…