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- ↑ Wyoming Legislature. "Charles Scott". Archived from the original on August 28, 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
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- ↑ "Charles Scott's Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
- ↑ "2016 Senate Statewide Candidates Official Summary" (PDF). Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ↑ Beck, Bob. "Senate cuts UW’s Gender Studies program", Wyoming Public Radio, February 26, 2022
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