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- ↑ "General election returns, November 4, 2008". Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
- ↑ "Republican primary election returns, March 4, 2014". Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
- ↑ "General election returns, November 4, 2014". Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
- ↑ Will Weissert (November 18, 2014). "Judge Refuses To Toss Rick Perry Case". The Huffington Post . Retrieved December 19, 2014.
