Spending $153, Edward Durr ousts NJ Senate leader Sweeney

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Sweeney has served as Senate president since 2010 and was responsible for shepherding Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy's progressive agenda through the Legislature, including a phased-in $15 an hour minimum wage, paid sick leave and recreational marijuana legalization.
40% : Sweeney said in 2011 that he made the "biggest mistake of my legislative career" when he voted against marriage equality.
38% : Though Sweeney was a fellow Democrat, he fought Murphy at the start of his administration over raising income taxes on the wealthy and worked closely with Republican Chris Christie during his eight-year term in office ending in 2018.

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