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- ↑ "Rep. Stoltze's Biography – 27th AK Legislature House Majority". Housemajority.org. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- ↑ Rep. Wilson says she was bullied by a fellow legislator, KTUU , Richard Mauer, January 10, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- 1 2 Their daughter died while withdrawing from heroin in an Anchorage jail. They just won a wrongful-death claim against the state, Anchorage Daily News , Zaz Hollander, April 26, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ↑ Lawsuit raises unanswered questions about Stoltze's short-lived job with Dunleavy, Reporting from Alaska, Dermot Cole, April 27, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ↑ "The Alaska State Legislature". House.legis.state.ak.us. July 30, 1961. Retrieved September 20, 2011.