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- ↑ "Election Search Results". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
- "Members of the Legislature, 1889-1997" (PDF). State of Washington. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
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