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- ↑ "South Carolina Legislature Online - Member Biography". www.scstatehouse.gov.
- ↑ "The Voter's Self Defense System". Vote Smart.
- ↑ Holmes, Helen (3 September 2022). "Raped 12-Year-Old Could Take an Ambulance to Walmart for Plan B, SC Representative Says". The Daily Beast.
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