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- ↑ "SESSION OF 2001 - 185TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - No. 1" (PDF). Legislative Journal. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. 2001-01-02.
- ↑ Cox, Harold (2010-02-26). "House Members C". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Wilkes University.
- ↑ "Members List". Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ↑ Committee of Seventy (2009-12-21). "2009 Citizen's Guide" (PDF). The Committee of Seventy, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
