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- ↑ "Seum". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Senator defects to the GOP". The Lexington Herald-Leader . July 13, 1999. p. A1.
- ↑ "Sen. Dan Seum, longtime Kentucky legislator, announces retirement".
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