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- ↑ Prisament, Steve. "Longtime engineer replaced in Galloway" Archived 2013-11-18 at archive.today , The Current of Galloway Township, January 9, 2013. Accessed November 18, 2013. "Polistina, a former state assemblyman from Atlantic County, said Tuesday, Jan. 8 that he grew up in Galloway attending township public schools and graduating from Absegami High School in 1989."
- 1 2 Senator Vincent J. Polistina (R), New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 21, 2024.
- ↑ Vince Polistina biography Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine , Team for Change. Accessed March 5, 2010.
- ↑ Dopp, Terence; and Young, Elise. "Christie Says Election ‘No Big Shocker,’ Blames Political Map", Bloomberg Businessweek , November 9, 2011. Accessed January 7, 2012. "Senator Jim Whelan, a Democrat from Atlantic City who voted for the pension package, beat Republican Assemblyman Vince Polistina, 54 percent to 46 percent.... The Whelan-Polistina race was the most expensive in the state, with $3.8 million raised and $3.2 million spent through Oct. 25, election records show."
- ↑ "Turnover in N.J. Legislature is slight". Asbury Park Press . January 10, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
- ↑ Post, Michelle Brunetti. "Polistina sworn in as Senator to fill Chris Brown's term", The Press of Atlantic City , November 8, 2021. Accessed November 9, 2021. "State Sen.-elect Vince Polistina, R-Atlantic, was sworn in to office Monday morning, but not because he won on Election Day. Polistina was also his party’s choice to fill out the unexpired term of former State Sen. Chris Brown, R-Atlantic, who resigned in July to take a position with Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration."
- ↑ 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 2, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 21, 2024.
- ↑ "Official List, Candidates for State Senate For GENERAL ELECTION 06/08/2021 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. November 30, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ↑ Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2011 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, December 14, 2011. Accessed January 7, 2012.