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  • 93-year-old World War II vet scores upset election win

    11/08/2017 10:03:09 PM PST · by OneVike · 11 replies
    Bristol Herald Courier ^ | 11/8/17 | ???
    A 93-year-old World War II veteran scored a surprise victory over an incumbent New Jersey mayor in Tuesday's election. Vito Perillo defeated Tinton Falls Mayor Gerald Turning in the nonpartisan municipal race. "I didn't think I had a chance," Perillo told NJ.com . But his grandson, Mike Perillo-Gentile, said he wasn't surprised. "When he wants to do something, he does it," Perillo-Gentile said. Perillo, a U.S. Navy veteran who served in the Pacific theater, told the Asbury Park Press his entry into the race was spurred by a pair of whistleblower lawsuits involving the police department that cost the...