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- ↑ "Assemblyman Ed Goedhart". NevadaAppeal.com. 2007-01-10. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
- ↑ J. Patrick Coolican (2011-03-18). "Coolican: GOP's Ed Goedhart an unexpected foe of farm subsidies". Lasvegassun.com. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
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