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- 1 2 3 LinkedIn Profile, Jon Sesso Planning Director at Butte MT Local Gov't., LinkedIn (2019). Retrieved 04/26/2019
- ↑ Standard Staff, Sesso seeking legislative seat, Montana Standard (March 10, 2004). Retrieved 04/26/2019
- ↑ John S. Adams, MT Lowdown – Episode 15: Sen. Jon Sesso on finding the middle ground, MT Lowdown (April 16, 2019). Retrieved 04/26/2019
