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- 1 2 Senator Asselta's Senate Website Archived 2007-12-18 at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 13, 2008.
- ↑ Commissioner Asselta, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. Accessed December 5, 2022. "Born on August 17, 1951, Nicholas Asselta was raised in Vineland, New Jersey. As the son of a Vineland Police Officer, he graduated from Vineland High School, Cumberland County College and the Frederick Military Academy."
- ↑ Tamari, Jonathan. "Beck wins; Dems control both houses", Asbury Park Press , November 6, 2007. Accessed November 6, 2007. "Democrats, however, won two Senate seats in other traditionally Republican districts with victories by Assemblyman Jeff Van Drew, D-Cape May, and Assemblyman Jim Whelan, D-Atlantic, who ousted Sen. Nicholas Asselta, R-Cumberland, and Sen. James 'Sonny' McCullough, R-Atlantic."