Brodesser-Akner, Claude. "Who is Kim Guadagno and why is she running to succeed Christie as N.J. governor?", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 5, 2017. Accessed September 13, 2023. "While considering running for a seat in the state Assembly in 2007, Monmouth County sheriff Joseph Oxley decided not to seek re-election to a fifth, three-year term, and he asked Guadagno to take his place on the ballot. She won, becoming Monmouth's 75th sheriff and the first woman to hold the post."
