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- 1 2 3 4 Wildstein, David. "Gloucester county commissioner will run for Assembly in 3rd district on Burzichelli’s ticket", New Jersey Globe, March 20, 2023. Accessed December 23, 2023. "Gloucester County Commissioner Heather Simmons (D-Glassboro) will run for State Assembly in the 3rd district, where Democrats want to reclaim seats they unexpectedly lost two years ago.... The 54-year-old Simmons is the assistant vice president of Strategic Projects at Rowan University and is one of two Rowan officials to run for the Assembly this year..... Democrats had picked Simmons to run for freeholder in 2010 when incumbents Joseph Brigandi and Jean DuBois declined to seek re-election but lost the general election by 226 votes. Despite her defeat, Simmons still got to serve as a freeholder. About to begin his second year as Senate President, Sweeney resigned from the freeholder board, and Democrats picked Simmons as his replacement. She won a full three-year term in 2011 by 3,779 votes and was re-elected in 2014, 2017, and 2020."
- ↑ "Super Women", South Jersey magazine, October 2011. Accessed December 23, 2023. "Heather Simmons:... The Democrat and 1991 valedictorian of St. Joseph’s University was formerly an adjunct instructor at Gloucester County College, teaching journalism, publishing and feature writing."
- ↑ Carroll, Timothy. "Sweeney target of GOP revival in Gloucester", The Observer , November 3, 2010. Accessed December 23, 2023. "The Democrats outspent Republicans nearly 5-to-1 in the race, according to Republican candidate Larry Wallace, and had a better GOTV ground game, and had a registration advantage thrice that of the GOP. And yet Wallace (38,975) and Vince Nestore (38,177) defeated Democrats Heather Simmons (37,951) and Robert Zimmerman (37,895), according to unofficial reports."
- ↑ Simmons, Heather. "Simmons: I'll serve to achieve top goals", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, January 24, 2011. Accessed December 23, 2023. "This past Wednesday evening (Jan. 19) I had the honor of being sworn in as an appointed member of the Gloucester County freeholder board and was granted the privilege of serving out the one-year unexpired board term Stephen M. Sweeney, the former freeholder director, who resigned."
- ↑ Connolly, John. "NJ election results 2023: State Senate, Assembly seats decided", The Record , November 9, 2023. Accessed December 23, 2023.
- ↑ Official List Candidates for General Assembly for General Election November 7, 2023, New Jersey Department of State, December 6, 2023. Accessed December 23, 2023.
- ↑ New Jersey State Constitution 1947 (Updated Through Amendments Adopted in November, 2020): Article IV, Section II, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 28, 2022.
- ↑ Legislative Roster for District 3, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 21, 2024.
- ↑ "Candidates for General Assembly - For GENERAL ELECTION 11/07/2023 Election" (PDF). New Jersey Department of State . Retrieved December 6, 2023.