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- 1 2 "Pugh, Cindy". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
- 1 2 "Longtime GOP Lawmaker Knocked Out in Minn. Primary". 2012-08-14.
- ↑ "About State Representative Cindy Pugh".
- 1 2 "Minn. Reps. Cindy Pugh, Kathy Lohmer, local GOP official warn of Muslims 'infiltrating' precinct caucuses". Star Tribune .
- ↑ "Dave Sina's Facebook post".
- ↑ "Letter to the editor: Rep. Cindy Pugh's Islamophobia should disqualify her from office".