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- ↑ Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual, 1984, p. 226. Accessed October 28, 2019. "James J. (Sonny) Mccullough, Rep., Egg Harbor Twp.... The senator was born Jan. 11, 1942, in Atlantic City. He graduated from Atlantic City High School in 1960, and has completed certification courses at Rutgers University and taken classes at Rowan University and Rider College."
- 1 2 3 Senator McCullough's Senate Website Archived 2007-09-11 at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Legislature. Accessed June 20, 2007.
- ↑ Tamari, Jonathan. "Beck wins; Dems control both houses" [ permanent dead link ], 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."
- ↑ McCullough receives Senate committee assignments Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine , Press of Atlantic City by Pet McAleer, February 27, 2007.
- ↑ Writer, MOLLY BILINSKI Staff (2018-03-06). "Egg Harbor Township mayor McCullough says he won't seek re-election". Atlantic City Weekly. Retrieved 2023-06-02.