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- ↑ "Senator Joshua Terenzini". legislature.vermont.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ↑ "Joshua Terenzini". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ↑ "'It's people over party'". The Mountain Times. 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
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