Staff. "Interview: Legislative Whip", The New York Times, July 2, 1978. Accessed August 6, 2019. "A native of the Bronx, the former Marie Sheehan attended Montclair High School and Marymount College in Arlington, Va."
Staff. "Jersey Assemblywoman Seeks to Unseat Howard; Howard to Spend $160,000 Ford Stumps for Mrs. Muhler", The New York Times, October 9, 1980. Accessed August 6, 2019. "Nrs. Muhler, who expects to outspend the incumbent, has won election three times in the past five years in a state legislative district that makes up almost half of the Congressional district.... The Muhler campaign has raised $120,000 and expects to raise and spend close to $200,000 by Election Day."
Perlez, Jane. "Rematch For Jersey Shore House Seat", The New York Times, October 27, 1982. Accessed August 6, 2019. "The election in the Third Congressional District, which stretches along the Jersey shore from Sandy Hook to Mantoloking, is a rematch of 1980: Representative James J. Howard, a Democrat, is being challenged again by State Assemblywoman Marie Sheehan Muhler, a Republican.... The 55-year-old Mr. Howard is haunted by his slim 2,085-vote margin of 210,453 cast in 1980."
