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- ↑ "Senator David B. Robertson". Michigan Senate . Retrieved December 6, 2012.
- ↑ Kristin Longley, "Paul Scott helps make history by becoming one of two black Republicans elected to Michigan House since 1904", The Flint Journal , November 5, 2008. Accessed June 14, 2013.
- ↑ Kristin Longley, "Dave Robertson declares victory; first GOP state senator from Genesee County since 1974", The Flint Journal, November 3, 2010. Accessed June 14, 2013.