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- ↑ Colorado Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission (March 18, 2022). "Colorado Senate District 16 (2021)" (PDF). State of Colorado. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ↑ Politics, Marianne Goodland, Colorado (November 5, 2020). "Judge finds former Deputy Secretary of State Suzanne Staiert violated state campaign finance law". Colorado Politics. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Hindi, Saja (November 6, 2020). "Democrats pick up 1 seat in Colorado Senate". The Denver Post. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
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