Tag: election 2021

Political Leanings Dictated COVID Vaccine Uptake: 2021 Federal Memo

Two days before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the 2021 election, a confidential government memo indicated the decision to receive the COVID vaccine was split along political party lines. The memo from the Privy Council Office, dated Aug. 13, 2021, and titled “Emerging Evidence on Covid-19,” said voters who supported the Liberals and NDP were more…


Truck Driver Defeated NJ Senate President After Spending $153 on Campaign

Edward Durr, a commercial truck driver for 25 years, unseated in the Nov. 2 election the long-tenured New Jersey Senate president after spending only $153 on the campaign, according to unofficial election results published by New Jersey Herald. To his surprise, Durr, a Republican, won 52 percent of the votes defeating New Jersey Senate President…


Truck Driver Defeats NJ Senate President After Spending $153 on Campaign

Edward Durr, a commercial truck driver for 25 years, unseated in the Nov. 2 election the long-tenured New Jersey Senate president after spending only $153 on the campaign, according to unofficial election results published by New Jersey Herald. To his surprise, Durr, a Republican, won 52 percent of the votes defeating New Jersey Senate President…


Truck Driver Defeats NJ Senate President After Spending Less Than $10,000 on Campaign

Edward Durr, a commercial truck driver for 25 years, unseated in the Nov. 2 election the long-tenured New Jersey Senate president, according to unofficial election results published by New Jersey Herald. Durr claimed that he spent less than $10,000 on his campaign, according to Politico. To his surprise, Durr, a Republican, won 52 percent of…


New Jersey Voters Choose Between ‘Progressive Governor’ or Proponent of Fixing State’s Problems

With only a few days to go until Election Day, New Jersey voters will decide between the Democratic incumbent called “a progressive governor” by his supporters and his Republican challenger running under the slogan “Let’s Fix New Jersey.” The incumbent, Governor Phil Murphy, running for reelection held leadership roles at Goldman Sachs’ offices in Germany…


New Jersey Voters to Choose Between ‘Progressive Governor’ or Proponent of Fixing State’s Problems

New Jersey voters will decide on Nov. 2 in the governor’s race between the Democratic incumbent, called “a progressive governor” by his supporters, and his Republican challenger, running under the slogan, “Let’s Fix New Jersey.” Gov. Phil Murphy, who is seeking a second term, held leadership roles at Goldman Sachs’s offices in Germany and Hong Kong…


Election 2021: There’s Too Much at Stake to Waste Your Ballot

Commentary With a week to go in the federal election there’s a lot at stake. It is, the PM assured us, the most important since 1945. So I’m here to tell you what it is. Uh, hang on a sec. It’s kind of tricky. First, because the platforms of the five parties allowed into the…


What the Parties Are Campaigning On

Here’s a look at what the different parties are promising in the first week of the 2021 federal election campaign. Parties are presented in the order of the number of seats held as of the dissolution of Parliament on Aug. 15, from the highest to the lowest. Liberal Party Seats at Dissolution: 155 Campaign Slogan:…