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- ↑ Segedin, Andrew. "East Orange's Leroy Jones Jr. chosen as Essex County Democratic Committee Chair", The Montclair Times, November 24, 2013. Accessed November 4, 2015. "Leroy Jones Jr. of East Orange has been selected by members of the Essex County Democratic Committee to serve as their chair.Jones succeeds the late Phil Thigpen of Montclair, who died last month at the age of 87."
- ↑ "LeRoy Jones Elected Chair of NJ Democratic State Committee". Insider NJ. June 17, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
- ↑ "LeRoy Jones Re-Elected as NJDSC Chairman". Insider NJ. January 10, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
- ↑ Staff. "N.J. Political Leader Defends Throwing Punches At Legally Blind Poll Worker", WCBS-TV, July 8, 2015. Accessed November 4, 2015. "Leroy Jones, the head of the Essex County Democratic Committee, is seen in the video throwing several punches at Bill Graves, a poll worker.... Graves claimed he did not know what led to the incident, saying, 'If you can answer that, we wouldn't be sitting here.' But Jones had an explanation. 'This man threatened my wife,' Jones said. 'This man assaulted my wife. This man charged at my wife.'"
- ↑ Mazzola, Jessica. "Caught on tape: N.J. political leader punches 74-year-old poll worker, defends it, report says", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 9, 2015. Accessed November 4, 2015. "According to a CBS News report, LeRoy Jones, the head of the Essex County Democratic Committee, is seen in the video throwing several punches at 74-year-old poll worker Bill Graves.... But, Jones told CBS he was defending his wife, who was also working at the polls. Graves got aggressive with Jones's wife during an argument, and she called her husband, Jones told CBS."