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- ↑ "Income Tax Facing Final Test in Senate". NYTimes.com. 1974-07-21. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
- ↑ "Yates Victor in Recount", July 7, 1977. Accessed December 19, 2022. "A primary election recount confirmed the victory of Assemblyman Charles B. Yates of Edgewater Park, in his bid to unseat State Senator Edward J. Hughes Jr., Democrat of Cinnaminson."
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