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- 1 2 3 Senator Bryant's Official Senate Website, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed June 10, 2007.
- ↑ Ott, Dwight. "Latino woman likely to join Assembly - a first Camden's Nilsa Cruz-Perez would replace Wayne R. Bryant. He will fill Walter Rand's State Senate Seat.", The Philadelphia Inquirer , January 28, 1995. Accessed June 10, 2007.
- ↑ Little hope for change with the foxes still in charge, New Jersey Jewish News , May 4, 2006.
- ↑ Report: Bryant had no-show job, Courier-Post , September 18, 2006.
- ↑ Bryant out as budget chairman over ethics concerns, Newsday , September 25, 2006.
- ↑ The Bryant Investigation: Editorial - Stop stalling, The Philadelphia Inquirer , November 10, 2006.
- ↑ Hester, Tom (March 30, 2007). "State Sen. Bryant indicted". Burlington County Times . pp. A1–A7.
- ↑ "Former Sen. Wayne Bryant gets four years in prison for bribery, fraud". The Star-Ledger . 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2009-07-24.