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- ↑ "Summary for Primary 2000". sos.arkansas.gov. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
- 1 2 "Representative John A. Eason". Arkansas General Assembly . Retrieved May 26, 2024.
- ↑ "2003 House of Representatives composite photo of the Eighty-Fourth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas". Arkansas General Assembly composite images, 1866-2023. December 31, 2003. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
- ↑ "Representative John Eason". Arkansas General Assembly . Retrieved May 26, 2024.
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