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- ↑ Ulmer, Sarah (July 2, 2020). "Jarvis Dortch resigns from MS House of Representatives". Mississippi Politics and News - Y'all Politics. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ↑ "Jarvis Dortch". Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us. Retrieved February 22, 2019.