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- ↑ Mark Schaaf, Four vie for open state Assembly seat, Racine Journal Times , August 4, 2016.
- ↑ Wisconsin bill would allow chiropractors to give physicals to student athletes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , July 3, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017
- ↑ Mitchell Schmidt (September 23, 2021). "Republicans advance bill banning critical race theory in schools". Wisconsin State Journal.
- ↑ Briana Reilly, New rule requiring Wisconsin seventh graders get meningitis vaccine faces GOP pushback, The Capital Times (March 6, 2020).
- ↑ Riley Vetterkind, Amid COVID-19 surge, GOP lawmakers, including health chairman, attend indoor mass gathering, Racine Journal-Times (October 24, 2020).
- ↑ Elizabeth Beyer & David Wahlberg, At state Capitol rally, protestors against vaccine mandates decry 'genocide,' 'tyranny', Wisconsin State Journal (August 11, 2021).
- ↑ Patrick Marley, 15 Wisconsin Republicans asked Pence to block Biden's victory the day before the attack on the Capitol, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (January 14, 2021).
- ↑ Adam Rogan, 15 state Republicans, including Wichgers, signed letter asking Pence to stall election count, Racine Journal Times (January 14, 2021).
- ↑ Redman, Henry (2022-07-25). "Ramthun says third lawmaker has joined effort to decertify 2020 election results". Wisconsin Examiner. Retrieved 2022-07-30.