Several weeks ahead of Labor Day, it appears that despite the great national tumult over the Supreme Court's overturning of the Roe v. Wade decision, longtime "pro-life" Rep. Chris Smith, a New Jersey Republican is likely to survive the earnest challenge from a much younger Democratic opponent, small businessman Matthew Jenkins.
Smith's strong position flies in the face of New Jersey polling by Rutgers Eagleton, which found that even before the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, two-thirds of the state's voters surveyed were worried about the fallout, with a majority of voters saying they wanted New Jersey to pass laws to make it easier to access abortion:
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