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- ↑ Yeomans, Curt (8 February 2013). "Atlanta-Savannah rail revived again?". Clayton News Daily. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ↑ "Rep J. Craig Gordon" (PDF). Georgia House of Representatives. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ↑ Peterson, Larry (8 July 2011). "Rep. Craig Gordon under-reports state payments to his company by nearly $1.8 million". Savannah Morning News. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ↑ Bill Nigut (Host). Political Rewind, Another Big Tuesday In Race To White House, Georgia Public Broadcasting, 3/10/2020, https://cpa.ds.npr.org/wjsp/audio/2020/03/fullshow.mp3
