The New Jersey Legislature could see a major shakeup — including the disappearance of its most prominent lawmaker, state Senate President Stephen Sweeney — following a closer-than-expected governor’s race between Gov. Phil Murphy and Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli.
It’s likely that Democrats will retain their nearly two-decade hold on the Legislature, the body in Trenton that crafts the state’s laws and passes the state budget. But their influence is poised to shrink.
But Sweeney, D-Gloucester — the second-most-powerful elected state official after Murphy and a force in New Jersey politics — is on pace to lose to his relatively unknown Republican opponent, Edward Durr. In a stunning twist, Sweeney is trailing Durr by about 2,000 votes as of Wednesday morning.
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