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- ↑ https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/30496/donald-sherer
- ↑ "Vote for State Representatives 2002". Connecticut Secretary of State. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ↑ "Vote for State Representatives 2004". Connecticut Secretary of State. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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- ↑ "Connecticut House Republicans". www.housegop.state.ct.us. Archived from the original on 23 February 2003. Retrieved 18 August 2022.