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Governor Florio, including the creation of the Joint Underwriting Association, an insurance pool for high-risk drivers that ended up insuring a significant portion of all New Jersey drivers, passage of the Quality Education Act, which increased school aid for students in urban districts, as well as income tax increases and an assault weapons ban.
642:, June 6, 1979. Accessed September 15, 2016. "Elsewhere in the state, candidates running on a ticket fielded by Florio won the Democratic nominations in two Camden County Assembly districts over an opposing ticket backed by Errichetti.... Four-term Assemblymen Kenneth Gewertz and Francis Gorman were upset by Florio's team of Daniel Dalton and Dennis Riley in the fourth district, which takes in parts of Gloucester and Burlington counties as well as part of Camden."
531:, p. 210. J.A. Fitzgerald., 1988. Accessed September 15, 2016. "He attended St. Bridget's School in Glassboro, and was graduated from Gloucester Catholic High School in 1967. He was awarded his degree in government at King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in 1971, and earned his master's degree in public administration at Memphis State University, Memphis, Tenn., in 1974."
727:, September 10, 1981. Accessed September 15, 2016. "Governor Byrne signed legislation creating a fund, expected to reach $ 6 million, to finance refuse recycling programs in New Jersey. The bill, sponsored by Assemblyman Daniel J. Dalton, Democrat of Camden, was signed during ceremonies at Glassboro State College."
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