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- ↑ "FBI Reviewing Record Request In '82 Campaign". The Washington Post . Archived from the original on 2017-08-28.
- ↑ 1986 Attorney General General Election Results - Nevada
- ↑ Cafferat, Patricia (October 14, 2014). Christmas in Nevada. University of Nevada Press. pp. 144–145. ISBN 9780874179507.
- ↑ Transcript
- ↑ Taylor, Stuart (June 23, 1987). "Court Eliminates Mandatory Death Sentence". New York Times. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ↑ FEC Complaint
