A 19-year-old who had his senior year disrupted by COVID-19-related shutdowns defeated an incumbent candidate for school board in New Jersey’s election on Tuesday.

Nicholas Seppy, a 2020 graduate from Egg Harbor Township High School, beat incumbent school board member Terre Alabarda by 17 points. Seppy earned 58.78% support with 4,042 votes while Alabarda earned 41.15% with 2,830 votes, according to the election results from Atlantic County.

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Seppy described shutdowns as being “awful” in a statement, according to The College Fix. He said he wanted to run for a position on the township’s school board in an effort to serve his community and “give parents a voice in the district.”

Schools in Egg Harbor Township have been operating under a hybrid model, with students split up into two groups with two days a week of in-person learning, since Jan. 19 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the Press of Atlantic City reported. Egg Harbor Township and the Mainland Regional High School District approved plans to allow students to receive four shortened days of in-person learning beginning in March.

As an elected board member, Seppy said he plans to “expand civics education and increase vocational training” for students in the Egg Harbor Township.

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One of the biggest upsets as a result of New Jersey’s Tuesday election was 58-year-old truck driver Edward Durr defeating Democratic Senate President Steve Sweeney by 2,000 votes. Durr ran his campaign with a $6,000 budget for his campaign.

The Washington Examiner reached out to Seppy for a comment but did not immediately receive a response back.

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