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- ↑ "State of Colorado Elections Database » Candidate: Anne M. Thompson". State of Colorado Elections Database.
- ↑ "State of Colorado Elections Database » 1958 Nov 4 :: General Election :: State Representative :: District Crowley and Otero". State of Colorado Elections Database.
- ↑ Representatives, Colorado Legislative Assembly House of (September 30, 1960). "House Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado" – via Google Books.
- ↑ "The Colorado Editor and the Inter-mountain Press". Colorado Press Association. September 30, 1960 – via Google Books.
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