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- ↑ "Board of Professional Responsibility". www.tbpr.org. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ↑ "Representatives - TN General Assembly". wapp.capitol.tn.gov. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ↑ "Tennessee GOP file resolutions to expel three Democrats who led gun reform chants on House floor". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
- ↑ Jones, Vivian (6 April 2023). "Rep. Jones continues defense during rebuttal". The Tennessean.
- ↑ "HR0065". Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ↑ "HR0063". Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ↑ "State of Tennessee August 2, 2012 Republican Primary" (PDF). Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Secretary of State. p. 138 & 139. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-13. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ↑ "State of Tennessee November 6, 2012 General Election" (PDF). Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Secretary of State. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-13. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
