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- 1 2 3 4 Legislative homepage; house.mo.gov; accessed November 25, 2014.
- ↑ Missouri election results, 2000 Archived 2012-07-16 at the Wayback Machine , sos.mo.gov; accessed November 25, 2014.
- ↑ Missouri election results, 2004 Archived 2012-02-10 at the Wayback Machine , sos.mo.gov; accessed November 25, 2014.
- ↑ Missouri election results, 2006 Archived 2012-02-10 at the Wayback Machine , sos.mo.gov; accessed November 25, 2014.
- ↑ Cumulative List of Offices Filed in Candidate Filing, Missouri (2008); sos.mo.gov; accessed November 25, 2014.