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- ↑ "State Rep. Frances Fredericks will not run in 2011". Wlox.com. April 18, 2009. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- ↑ "Frances Fredericks reflects on time in legislature". Wlox.com. January 17, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
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