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- ↑ Gail Whitsett Archived 2013-04-11 at the Wayback Machine Oregon Legislature website
- 1 2 Samantha Tipler Gail Whitsett beats Tracey Liskey to take District 56 seat in House May 16, 2012 Herald & News Archived June 16, 2013, at archive.today
- ↑ Devan Schwartz Gail Whitsett at home in Oregon's House February 21, 2013 Herald & News
- ↑ Gail Whitsett Archived 2013-03-31 at the Wayback Machine Oregon Live (Oregonian website)
- ↑ "Official Results | November 6, 2012". Oregon Secretary of State. Archived from the original on April 6, 2023. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
- ↑ "November 4, 2014, General Election, Official Abstract of Votes". Oregon Secretary of State. Archived from the original on April 6, 2023. Retrieved October 30, 2023.