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- ↑ "Legislative Directory: 87th Kansas Legislature, 2018 Regular Session" (PDF). Kansas Secretary of State. January 22, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
- ↑ "2016 Primary Election" (PDF). Kansas Secretary of State. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
- ↑ "Kansas 80th District State House Results: Anita Judd-Jenkins Wins". The New York Times. 2017-08-01. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ↑ Lowry, Bryan (July 30, 2016). "Dark-money group, KNEA-funded group attack conservatives". The Wichita Eagle . pp. A4. Retrieved February 11, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Miller, Justin (June 28, 2017). "Kansas, Sam Brownback, and the Trickle-Down Implosion". The American Prospect . Retrieved February 11, 2023.
- ↑ "Representative Anita Judd-Jenkins | Legislators | Kansas State Legislature". kslegislature.org. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
- ↑ Shorman, Jonathan; Salazar, Daniel (June 7, 2017). "Lawmakers override Brownback veto of tax increases, rolling back 2012 cuts". The Wichita Eagle . Archived from the original on November 21, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
- ↑ Burgess, Katherine; Shorman, Jonathan (August 8, 2018). "Whitmer, other area incumbents lose House primaries". The Wichita Eagle . Archived from the original on April 10, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
- ↑ "2018 Primary Election" (PDF). Kansas Secretary of State. August 31, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
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