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- ↑ "Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, Elections Division". Maine . Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ↑ Fossel, Jim (July 30, 2014). "Crafts, Sanderson and other Republicans win reelection". Bangor Daily News . Red207 . Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ↑ "Stacey Guerin". Ballotpedia . Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ↑ "Republican state senator calls for minimum wage cut during pandemic". Maine Beacon. 7 May 2020.
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