 Afterwards, Joelson then went on to the Passaic County's Prosecutor's Office and then became the director of the state's criminal investigation division and served that post from 1958 to 1960.He won the seat for New Jersey's 8th District's in the November 1960 election.Canfield was not a candidate for renomination in 1960, and so Joelson was pitted against Republican Walter P. Kennedy.