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- ↑ "Senate District 20". Lrc.ky.gov. Archived from the original on 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
- ↑ "The Advocate-Messenger from Danville, Kentucky on March 28, 2002 · Page 6". Newspapers.com. 2002-03-28. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
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