[1][2] In 1973, Visotcky and Robert P. Hollenbeck were elected to the General Assembly from the newly created 36th district, defeating incumbent Republican Assemblyman Peter J. Russo and East Rutherford mayor James L. Plosia.
[2] In 1980, he introduced a resolution that would make Bruce Springsteen's song "Born to Run" the unofficial anthem of the New Jersey's youth.
[3][4] In 1985, both Visotcky and Hollenbeck were defeated by Republicans Paul DiGaetano and Kathleen Donovan in the general election.
In addition to the coattails from Thomas Kean's landslide victory in the gubernatorial election, DiGaetano and Donovan also criticized the Assembly's policy of allowing a free buffet lunch to legislators while in session which the two incumbents had partaken.
[5] Visotcky and his wife, the former Lois Jean Pantess, moved to the Manahawkin section of Stafford Township, New Jersey in the early 1990s.