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- ↑ "Legislators Biographical Search". Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library. Archived from the original on 20 December 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ↑ "Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, Elections Division". Secretary of State of Maine . Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ↑ "All June 2014 Primary Races". WMTW . Retrieved 1 October 2014.
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