January 16, 2015
Gloucester County Freeholder Adam Taliaferro has been appointed to the vacant Third District Assembly seat, several media sources report.
"The great health care I had in my personal life gave me a second opportunity at life," Taliaferro told NJ.com. "I look forward to being sworn in and getting committee assignments, whatever they may be."
Taliaferro, a Democrat, will join Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Assemblyman John Burzichelli, also Democrats, representing the Third District, which includes Salem County as well as portions of Cumberland and Gloucester counties.
In a phone interview with NJ.com, Taliaferro said his goal in the state assembly is to be an advocate for health care – a personal mission.
In 2000, Taliaferro, then a Penn State football player, suffered a spinal cord injury during a game that left him paralyzed. At the time, doctors said he had a 3 percent chance of walking again, but he beat the odds and went on to earn a law degree.
"The great health care I had in my personal life gave me a second opportunity at life," Taliaferro told NJ.com. "I look forward to being sworn in and getting committee assignments, whatever they may be."
