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- ↑ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1996, p. 239. Accessed March 26, 2023. "Assemblyman Dalton was born March 10, 1962, in Camden."
- ↑ Sean F. Dalton Gloucester County Prosecutor, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Accessed October 26, 2017. "A Glassboro native, Sean Dalton graduated from Glassboro High School and is a member of the GHS Distinguished Hall of Fame."
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- ↑ Six, Jim. "Dalton to be sworn in for second 5-year term", South Jersey Newspapers, December 13, 2007. Accessed September 24, 2011. "Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean F. Dalton will be sworn in for a second five-year term as the county's top law enforcement officer at 4 p.m. Friday.... Dalton was nominated by Gov. Jon S. Corzine for a second term and confirmed by the New Jersey Senate on Nov. 29. He was initially sworn in as prosecutor May 31, 2002."
- ↑ Gray, Matt. "Christie names new Democratic prosecutor replacing the one who's been there 15 years", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 9, 2017. Accessed December 21, 2017. "Gov. Chris Christie -- with about two months left of his eight years in office -- has nominated a new Democratic prosecutor for Gloucester County, ousting the current one who has held the job since before Christie was elected. Christie named Williamstown attorney Charles Fiore to serve as the next Gloucester County prosecutor, replacing Sean Dalton, also a Democrat."
- ↑ Zoppo, Avalon R. "Christie replaces Sean Dalton, Gloucester County's longtime prosecutor", The Philadelphia Inquirer , November 10, 2017. Accessed December 21, 2017. "Gov. Christie has appointed a new Gloucester County prosecutor — news that surprised the current prosecutor, who has held the position for a decade and a half. Sean Dalton, the county’s longest-serving prosecutor, said he was caught off guard when he learned Thursday that he would not be reappointed."
- ↑ Gray, Matt. "Ousted prosecutor lands job at Attorney General's office", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 22, 2017. Accessed December 21, 2017. "Dalton will take a position as an assistant attorney general with the state Division of Criminal Justice, state Attorney General Christopher Porrino announced."
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