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- ↑ "Colver Denies Two-Term Incumbent Feige's Bid for Re-election to District 9 Seat". KUAC. August 20, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
- ↑ Richardson, Jeff (October 29, 2014). "Alaska House District 9 candidates offer contrasting visions". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
- ↑ Morrow, Weston (November 4, 2014). "Few surprises in Interior Alaska House races". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
- 1 2 Atwood, Evangeline; DeArmond, Robert N. (1977). Who's Who in Alaskan Politics. Portland: Binford & Mort for the Alaska Historical Commission.
- ↑ "Jim Colver-Republican-House District 9" (pdf). Alaska Elections Division. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
- ↑ Colver, Jim (April 19, 2014). "Colver responds: Falsehoods, smear attacks distract from issues facing District 9". Alaska Dispatch. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
- ↑ "State of Alaska House Majority". House Majority.
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