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- ↑ "Colorado Election Results - Election Results 2018 - The New York Times". The New York Times . Retrieved November 29, 2018.
- ↑ "SENATOR TAMMY STORY". SENATOR TAMMY STORY. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
- ↑ Fish, Sandra; Paul, Jesse (November 16, 2022). "The eight Colorado legislative districts Democrats flipped from the GOP this year, from Colorado Springs to the Western Slope". The Colorado Sun . Retrieved November 25, 2022.
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