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- 1 2 "Members Apparently Elected Tuesday, November 3, 2020" Archived November 30, 2020, at the Wayback Machine . Maine House of Representatives.
- ↑ Eesha Pendharkar, "Orono voters choose 2 entrepreneurs for town council". Bangor Daily News , March 13, 2019.
- ↑ "Representative Laurie Osher". Maine House Democrats. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
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