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- ↑ "Senator John Walsh". Dover, Delaware: Delaware General Assembly . Retrieved November 14, 2013.
- ↑ "Senator Jack Walsh". Delaware State Senate Democratic Caucus. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
- ↑ "State of Delaware General Election Official Results". Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 6, 2012. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
