Alixon Collazos-Gill

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  1. Election profile: 27th Legislative District, NJ Spotlight News. Accessed January 9, 2024. "Hometown: Montclair. I was born in Colombia, immigrated to the United States when I was 14 years old. Graduated from Long Branch High School and then went on to Rutgers University in Newark, where I graduated with a bachelor’s degree with a double major in sociology and Latin American literature. My first job out of college was with NJN (NJ Public Television Station) on a show called Images/Imagenes. I worked for U.S. Rep. Steven Rothman for seven years in the district office, where I served in various roles, including as the director of constituent services. in 2016-17 I served as the co-director of the Latino Outreach Program for gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy."
  2. "What's your new NJ legislative district? 20% moved on new map", WKXW, February 25, 2022. Accessed January 24, 2024.
  3. Wildstein, David. "McKeon will get Codey’s Senate seat, Brendan Gill will run for Assembly", New Jersey Globe, August 17, 2023. Accessed January 24, 2024. "Democrats have settled on Assemblyman John McKeon (D-West Orange) to replace Richard J. Codey in the State Senate, with Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill (D-Montclair) set to run for the State Assembly, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed.... The deal averts a floor fight between McKeon and Gill for the Senate seat of Richard J. Codey, a former governor who announced on Monday that he would retire from the Senate at the end of his current term after 50 years in the New Jersey Legislature."
  4. "Election 2023: Legislative District 27", NJ Spotlight News, May 5, 2023. Accessed January 24, 2024. "Assemblyman John McKeon, a Democrat, an attorney and former mayor of West Orange, was going to defend his seat but now is running instead for the Senate. He is facing Michael D. Byrne of Upper Montclair. Both Democratic Assembly candidates are newcomers, as the other Assembly member, Mila Jasey chose to retire after her hometown was moved into the neighboring 28th District. Rosy Bagolie, a Livingston councilwoman and superintendent of the East Newark School District, is running with Alixon Collazos-Gill, who co-founded a Montclair public affairs firm with her husband, Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill."
  5. Connolly, John. "NJ election results 2023: State Senate, Assembly seats decided", The Record , November 9, 2023. Accessed December 23, 2023.
  6. Official List Candidates for General Assembly for General Election November 7, 2023, New Jersey Department of State, December 6, 2023. Accessed December 23, 2023.
  7. Wildstein, David. "37 new lawmakers take office at noon", New Jersey Globe, January 9, 2024. Accessed January 9, 2024. "The 221st New Jersey Legislature begins today, with 37 new lawmakers – nearly one-third of the legislature – being sworn in at noon. That number includes ten new Senators and 27 new members of the General Assembly."
  8. Assemblywoman Alixon Collazos-Gill (D), New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 24, 2024.
  9. New Jersey State Constitution 1947 (Updated Through Amendments Adopted in November, 2020): Article IV, Section II, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 28, 2022.
  10. Legislative Roster for District 27, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 24, 2024.
  11. "Candidates for General Assembly - For GENERAL ELECTION 11/07/2023 Election" (PDF). New Jersey Department of State . Retrieved December 6, 2023.
Alixon Collazos-Gill
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
from the 27th district
Assumed office
January 9, 2024
Servingwith Rosy Bagolie