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- ↑ "Official List Candidate Returns for General Assembly For June 2007 Primary Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. July 20, 2007. p. 29. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
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- ↑ Pizarro, Max (September 6, 2013). "Newark's Coutinho will not seek re-election". Politicker NJ. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ↑ Giambusso, David. "Eliana Pintor Marin will replace Essex Assemblyman Coutinho", The Star-Ledger , September 11, 2013. Accessed October 3, 2013. "Hours after state Assemblyman Al Coutinho (D-Essex) tendered his resignation today, party leaders gathered in Newark's ornate Mediterranean Manor to vote for his replacement, Eliana Pintor Marin.... Coutinho stepped down abruptly today amid an investigation into a family foundation started by his father Bernardino Coutinho. Pintor Marin will fill out the remainder of his term in the Assembly and will replace him on the ballot in November."
- ↑ "Assemblyman Albert Coutinho Pleads Guilty to Stealing Funds from Charitable Foundation and Filing False Disclosure Forms" (Press release). New Jersey Attorney General. September 12, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ↑ Baxter, Christopher. "Ex-N.J. Assemblyman Al Coutinho sentenced to three years probation for theft", The Star-Ledger , Newark, 25 October 2013. Accessed 28 October 2013.