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- ↑ "Senate District 27: Senator Gail Zimmerman". Wyoming Legislature . Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- ↑ "TRIBUTE TO DR. GAIL ZIMMERMAN; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 154". www.congress.gov. September 24, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
