State Sen. Ed Durr, R-Gloucester, is pictured outside the Camden/Gloucester County GOP Headquarters in Turnersville in November.Dave Hernandez | For NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Ed Durr entered the New Jersey Legislature with something many state lawmakers never sniff in their careers: political fame.
Even if you don‘t immediately know him by name, you’ve probably heard about Durr’s story — how the 58-year-old Republican truck driver ousted one of the Garden State’s most powerful politicians, Democratic state Senate President Stephen Sweeney, in a shocking upset, with no political experience and a tiny campaign budget.
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