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- ↑ "Session laws, State of Arizona, 2011 Volume 1, Fiftieth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 237". State of Arizona. pp. ix–x. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ↑ "Session laws, State of Arizona, 2009 Volume 1, Forty-Ninth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 113". State of Arizona. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
- ↑ Howard Fischer (February 28, 2012). "Pressure mounts for Tucson Rep. Daniel Patterson to resign". Verde News. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ↑ Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services (April 12, 2012). "Patterson resigns, avoiding expulsion, Supervisors to select replacement after party affiliation is cleared up". tucson.com.
- ↑ Alia Beard Rau (April 11, 2012). "Rep. Daniel Patterson resigns from Arizona House". Arizona Republic. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ↑ Matthew Hendley (April 11, 2012). "Daniel Patterson calls it quits, resigns from House". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ↑ Star, Kim Smith Arizona Daily (23 August 2012). "Patterson not guilty of domestic abuse". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-03-04.