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- ↑ "Peterson, Donna C." Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
- ↑ Kaul, Greta (December 12, 2011). "Chief lobbyist ends 20 years of telling the University's story at the Capitol". The Minnesota Daily. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
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