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- ↑ "Election for 66th Representative District results in runoff". WAFB . February 22, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
- ↑ Schneider, Alyssa (April 13, 2015). "Louisiana State Rep. Ourso gets sworn into office". WAFB . Retrieved April 22, 2022.
- ↑ Ballard, Mark (March 28, 2015). "Darrell Ourso wins Louisiana House seat for southeast East Baton Rouge". The Baton Rouge Advocate . Retrieved April 22, 2022.
- ↑ Shirer, Sid (March 30, 2015). "Darrell Ourso wins state House seat in runoff election". KTBS-TV . Retrieved April 22, 2022.
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