{"id":191294,"date":"2021-11-05T08:47:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T15:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=191294"},"modified":"2021-11-05T11:11:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T18:11:19","slug":"nj-senate-president-stephen-sweeneys-defeat-impact-atlantic-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/nj-senate-president-stephen-sweeneys-defeat-impact-atlantic-city\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ Senate President Stephen Sweeney’s Defeat Could Hit Atlantic City Casino Smoking"},"content":{"rendered":"
New Jersey’s much closer than anticipated gubernatorial race captured the headlines this week. That pushed another high-profile Election Day outcome largely into the shadows.<\/p>\n
Stephen Sweeney (D), the longest-running state senate president in New Jersey history, was upset by Republican Edward Durr, 58, a truck driver who personally spent $153 on his campaign. Durr received 52 percent of the District 3 vote.<\/p>\n
But anti-smoking advocates in Atlantic City are speaking out on the impact Sweeney’s (D) nearly unthinkable loss could have on its goal of extinguishing tobacco smoke inside casinos.<\/p>\n