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- ↑ "WV SOS - Elections - Candidate - Online Data Services". apps.sos.wv.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
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- ↑ Writer, Joe Severino, Staff. "WVU student running for House seat". The Daily Athenaeum - West Virginia University. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
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