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- ↑ 20 ILCS5/5-15
- ↑ "Illinois Blue Book: 2005-2006" (Springfield, Ill.: Illinois Secretary of State, 2006), pages 212-215.
- ↑ Writers, Doug Finke and Carla Jimenez, Staff. "Illinois Department of Agriculture, Illinois State Fair directors step down" . Retrieved 2015-09-25.
- ↑ http://capitolfax.com/2015/11/13/poe-gets-ag/
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