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- ↑ News & Observer: Goforth leaves his House seat Archived 2012-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Former Asheville Democrat Rep. Bruce Goforth switches party. Goes to work for GOP. | BlueNC
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
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