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- ↑ "Legislative Directory of the 74th Legislature - 1991 Regular Session". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
- ↑ "Legislative Directory of the 73rd Legislature - 1989 Regular Session". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
- ↑ "Kansas Legislators, Past and Present - Everhart, Denise". kslib.info. State Library of Kansas. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
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