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- ↑ "BREAKING: Damani Tabor Resigns from United Progressive Party". Antigua News Room. 2024-09-23. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
- ↑ "Caribbean Elections | Senate of Antigua and Barbuda". 2018-01-22. Archived from the original on 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- ↑ "Caribbean Elections | Members of the Senate of Antigua and Barbuda 2018 - present". 2022-05-23. Archived from the original on 2022-05-23. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
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