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- ↑ "Metcalf again challenges Worley for Senate" . Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ↑ "GOP's Metcalf wins race for Ky. senate". The Lexington Herald-Leader . March 16, 1994. p. B1.
- ↑ "Baesler to face Bunning". The Lexington Herald-Leader . May 27, 1998. p. A1.
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