State Sen.-elect Edward Durr (R-Logan) said that former Collingswood school board member Claire Gustafson will seek a rematch against Rep. Donald Norcross (D-Camden) in 2022.
“I will stand with her when she announces and be with her every step of the way,” Durr said. “Let’s move forward together and slay another giant. I promise, together we can do it.”
Durr said that Gustafson “supported me every step of the way” in his upset defeat of Senate President Steve Sweeny in last week’s general election.
Norcross defeated Gustafson by 96,104 votes in 2020, 62%-38%.
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Republican Jack Ciattarelli said Friday that he spoke to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and conceded the election, but he added that he plans to run again in four years.
In the Nov. 2 election, Murphy became the first Democratic governor in 44 years to win reelection, but the margin with Ciattarelli, a former Assembly member, was just about 3 points — much closer than public polls indicated the contest would be in a state where Democrats have 1 million more registered voters.
“I called Gov. Murphy earlier today and congratulated him on his reelection and wished him well,” he said during a news conference packed with supporters in his hometown, where he said his grandparents from Italy immigrated 100 years ago.
Ciattarelli steered clear of criticizing the election results, which on election night showed him with a lead that evaporated as officials counted mail-in ballots that trended heavily Democratic. He had said that no matter the outcome, he was confident the election would be fair.
When Ciattarelli was asked Friday what his future plans were, he recalled what happened four years ago, after he also ran unsuccessfully for governor.
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State Senate President Stephen Sweeney on Wednesday conceded defeat in his re-election race against a virtually unknown Republican challenger, an upset practically nobody expected and one that has stunned New Jersey’s political world.
The South Jersey Democrat blamed ”a red wave” of Republican voter turnout for his loss and insisted his time in politics isn’t over.
“All votes have been fairly counted, and I, of course, accept the results,” a clearly emotional Sweeney, New Jersey’s second-most powerful elected state official after the governor, said during a news conference at the Statehouse in Trenton.
Sweeney said Wednesday he does not plan to seek a recount in the race.
His concession caps one of the most shocking losses in the history of New Jersey politics and solidifies an end to Sweeney’s 20-year run in the Senate and 12-year tenure as president of the chamber.
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M.J. Eberhart, 83, descended along large rocks on Mount Hayes in Gorham, N.H., in mid-September.ROBERT F. BUKATY/ASSOCIATED PRESS
By Christine Hauser New York Times
M.J. Eberhart, an 83-year-old retired eye doctor, had a strenuous weekend.
On Sunday, he pushed through the final few miles of a hike on the Appalachian Trail, becoming the oldest known person to complete the roughly 2,190-mile trail from Georgia to Maine.
It was an odyssey that started in January from his home in Flagg Mountain, Ala., with a series of day hikes that gradually took him to Georgia. From there, he started the journey along the Appalachian Trail. He carried a 6-pound pack, with a tent, sleeping bag, and other gear (not including food and water).
M.J. Eberhart scooped up his lunch of peanut butter on Mount Hayes on the Appalachian Trail on Sept. 12. ROBERT F. BUKATY/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Known by his trail name “Nimblewill Nomad,” Eberhart hiked the distance in segments. Sometimes friends and supporters hiked with him or picked him up for overnight breaks of a warm bed and meal, driving him back the next morning to where he had dropped off the trail.
Mostly, he slept in the wild. He was stunned by the natural beauty around him. He saw bears. Mosquitoes dive-bombed him. He dreaded the prospect of boulders and 50-mile-per-hour winds in the Presidential Range in New Hampshire.
And he came “face to face” with himself, he said in an interview. Every day, he said, he overcame the temptation to quit.
But he pushed on.
“I knew what was coming,” he said. “And day to day, the challenge.”
“Every foot of that trail,” he said.
At the end, Eberhart hiked the last leg of his trek on Sunday into Dalton, Mass., and into the record books.
