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- ↑ "Tommy A. Gollott District 50 - Harrison Republican". Mississippi State Senate. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
- ↑ "Gollott switches to GOP". WLOX. 2007-03-02. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
- ↑ Jimmie E. Gates (2013-02-25). "Biloxi Republican Tommy Gollott longest-serving Mississippi legislator in office". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
- ↑ "PEER Member, Senator Tommy Gollott, Reaches Milestone as Longest Serving Legislator". www.peer.ms.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- ↑ Kessie, Brad; Johnson, Annie. "Mississippi's longest-serving lawmaker announces retirement". WLOX. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
