Democratic New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney bowed to the inevitable Wednesday night, finally conceding that he had lost his bid for reelection to Republican furniture truck driver Edward Durr — a political novice who spent a relative pittance on his campaign.

“I of course accept the results,” Sweeney said during a news conference at the State House in Trenton. “I want to congratulate Mr. Durr and wish him the best of luck.”

Sweeney, the most powerful Democratic politician in New Jersey over the last decade and the longest-serving state Senate president, blamed his loss on a “red wave” that also saw Gov. Phil Murphy barely hold off Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli to become the first Democrat re- elected governor of the Garden State since Brendan ................