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- ↑ Ovaska, Sarah (2013-02-12). "The Class of 2013 - Senator Joel D. M. Ford". NC Policy Watch. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ↑ "Democrat Joel Ford, straddling the political fence between right and left, elected to conservative UNC Board of Governors". NC Policy Watch. 2021-03-18. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
