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- ↑ Llorente, Elizabeth. John P. Scott, two-term state senator, dies at 76 Archived 2010-05-28 at the Wayback Machine , The Record , May 23, 2010. Accessed May 24, 2010.
- ↑ Peterson, Melody. "THE 1997 ELECTIONS: THE LEGISLATURE; After Intense Fight, Republicans Fend Off Challenges to Their Majority in State Senate", The New York Times , November 5, 1997. Accessed May 24, 2010.
- ↑ Halbfinger, David M. "Control of the State Senate Hinges on a Handful of Races", The New York Times , November 4, 2001. Accessed November 2, 2009.
- ↑ Staff. "THE 2001 ELECTIONS; RESULTS -- The Races for New Jersey", The New York Times , November 8, 2001. Accessed November 2, 2009.
- ↑ Gohlke, Josh. "Wood-Ridge mayor sworn in as senator; Democrats speed up Sarlo's promotion.", The Record , May 20, 2003. "Democratic Wood-Ridge Mayor Paul Sarlo took a promotion to the upper house of the Legislature on Monday, when he was sworn in as a state senator, replacing Garry J. Furnari of Nutley.... Furnari's nomination for a Superior Court judgeship - and its rapid confirmation in an emergency Senate session this month - allowed Sarlo, the choice of Bergen County Democratic Chairman Joseph Ferriero, to take his seat."
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