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- ↑ "New senator sworn in". WLBT 3. 16 March 2010.
- ↑ "Albert Butler inaugurated to Mississippi Senate". Associated Press. 16 March 2010.
- ↑ "Albert Butler". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
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