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- ↑ "Credell Calhoun". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ↑ Pettus, Emily Wagster (March 5, 2019). "Mississippi election 2019: House races by the numbers". Associated Press . Retrieved March 15, 2021.
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