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- ↑ "CT State Senate 17 - History". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ↑ "Vote Smart: Joe Crisco, Jr.'s Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ↑ "Joseph Crisco – Candidate for Board of Selectmen". Woodbridge Town News. 2019-05-01. Paragraph 5. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- 1 2 "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Joseph Crisco". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ↑ Lambeck, Linda Conner (November 8, 2016). "Logan tops Crisco in 17th District". Connecticut Post. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
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