On a different scale, I feel tonight like I felt after the US Senate went Democrat from the Georgia runoff last year, and I'll explain why.
When Biden won last year, we Republicans thought, "Well, at least the Senate is Republican, and it will check his power to pass whatever radical agenda he wants." But when Wernock and Ossoff won and gave the Democrats control of both branches of the legislature, it was almost worse than the initial election, as it gave Biden free reign to do whatever he wanted.
We are in a similar position now in New Jersey, though most laymen, who don't know the backstories of NJ politics, probably don't know. Governor Murphy's biggest check was Senate President Steve Sweeney. Sweeney, even though he is a Democrat, had tremendous aspirations to be governor in 2024 and refused to let Murphy roll out his agenda, and he never brought many of Murphy's plans up for a vote. It was only after tremendous negotiations that Murphy managed to get his Millionaire's Tax passed, which was his campaign promise, and he had to pull so many teeth to get it. In the next four years, when Murphy is not retrained by a future election, it was only Steve Sweeney who would've held him back from achieving success in all his agenda items. But alas, in the craziest upset of the night, it seems like Sweeney will not be a Senator next year, having been beat out by a truck driver who spent $152 on his campaign.
