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Durr beats Sawyer in 3rd district GOP showdown

June 6, 2023 8:47 pmJune 6, 2023 11:19 pm

State Sen. Ed Durr (R-Logan) has secured renomination in the 3rd legislative district after defeating his own former running mate, Assemblywoman Beth Sawyer (R-Woolwich), the New Jersey Globe projects. As of 11:20 p.m., Durr has 65% of the vote to...

Watch for big geographic divides in next week’s GOP primaries

June 2, 2023 3:23 pm

In theory, when New Jersey voters go to the polls next Tuesday, they can vote for whoever they’d like. They could cast their vote for establishment-backed candidates, or for their insurgent challengers, or for Mickey Mouse if they so choose....

Two Salem County Commissioners back Sawyer for Senate

May 16, 2023 10:34 am

Assemblywoman Beth Sawyer (R-Woolwich)’s off-the-line primary campaign against State Sen. Ed Durr (R-Logan) has earned the backing of two Salem County Commissioners, one of whom was briefly Sawyer’s running mate earlier this year in the 3rd legislative district. Commissioners Ben...

Sawyer pitches herself as an effective legislator at Durr-less ‘debate’

May 1, 2023 12:44 pmMay 2, 2023 11:06 am

State Sen. Ed Durr (R-Logan) and Assemblywoman Beth Sawyer (R-Woolwich) may never meet for a head-to-head debate before the June 6 Republican primary, but Sawyer still worked to outline the differences between herself and the truck-driving state senator on the...

The primaries that weren’t

March 29, 2023 2:38 pmMarch 29, 2023 4:45 pm

For the next two-and-a-half months leading up to the June 6 primary, there will be plenty of time to focus on the primaries that New Jersey is hosting this year in 13 legislative districts and countless counties and towns across...

A look at the 13 legislative districts hosting contested primaries in 2023

March 29, 2023 12:04 pmMarch 29, 2023 12:55 pm

Filing day has come and gone; though petition challenges and write-in candidacies could still shake some things up, we basically know who is running for the New Jersey Legislature this year and who isn’t. A total of 258 candidates filed...

Durr not optimistic about rapprochement with Sawyer

March 21, 2023 10:58 amMarch 21, 2023 9:11 pm

State Sen. Ed Durr (R-Logan) has had a good March, winning three party support in all three of his district’s counties and watching his Republican primary challenger, Salem County Commissioner Mickey Ostrum (R-Pilesgrove), drop out of the race. The same can’t...