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- ↑ "Ballot Access News -- October 1, 2000". Ballot Access News . Archived from the original on June 18, 2002. Retrieved 18 April 2016.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ↑ "1998 Election Statistics - Legislative Activities - Office of the Clerk". United States House of Representatives . Retrieved 18 April 2016.
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