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- ↑ Angela Lemire and Cara Kenefick. "Reilly Pulls the Upset, Defeats Amy Rice; Other Local Reps Re-Elected". Middletown Patch 2 November 2010. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 19 Feb 2013.
