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- ↑ KFYR-TV North Dakota's NBC News Leader Archived October 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Nowatzki, Mike (December 15, 2015). "ND Insurance Commissioner Hamm won't seek re-election next year". The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead . Forum Communications. Forum News Service. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
| Preceded by Jim Poolman | Insurance Commissioner of North Dakota 2007–2017 | Succeeded by Jon Godfread |