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- 1 2 3 Assemblywoman Charlotte Vandervalk's legislative web page Archived 2008-09-23 at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Legislature. Accessed August 26, 2011.
- ↑ Gartland, Michael. "Vandervalk won't run again", The Record , August 26, 2011. Accessed August 26, 2011. "Assemblywoman Charlotte Vandervalk announced on Thursday that she will not run for reelection in the 39th Legislative District in November.... 'I just felt it was time,' she said. 'I don't have any health problems or anything like that — at least that I know about. I just would like more time with my family.'"
- ↑ "Turnover in N.J. Legislature is slight". Asbury Park Press . 2012-01-10. Retrieved 2012-01-20.