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- ↑ "Gwyn Shea | UNT System". Untsystem.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ↑ "Governor names Gwyn Shea secretary of state - Houston Chronicle". Chron.com. 2001-12-07. Retrieved 2019-10-15.