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- ↑ "2025 Legislative Dates". Minnesota Governmental Relations Council. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
- ↑ "PollFinder: Legislative District 62B" (PDF). Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
- ↑ "Index". Election Results. November 5, 2024. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
- ↑ Farah, Mohamud (May 6, 2024). "Get to know legislative hopeful Anquam Mahamoud, who puts health care front and center". Sahan Journal. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
- ↑ "Mahamoud, Anquam". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
- ↑ Winter, Deena (June 26, 2024). "DFL candidate touts experience as administrator of treatment center, but its license was revoked". Minnesota Reformer. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
- ↑ "Anquam for 62b". Anquam for 62b. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
- ↑ "DFL62Anq". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved December 7, 2024.
- ↑ "Candidate Filings". Minnesota Secretary of State. May 21, 2024. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
- 1 2 "2024 Results for All State Representative Races". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
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