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- ↑ "Minnesota GOP Chair Jennifer Carnahan resigns, will get severance package". KSTP.
- ↑ Thiede, Dana. "Minnesota GOP to elect a new party chairperson Oct. 2". Kare 11.
- ↑ Condon, Patrick. "Jennifer Carnahan fights to stay atop Minnesota Republican Party". Star Tribune.