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- ↑ "Statewide Judicial Retentions Official Summary: Wyoming General Election – November 8, 2016" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. State of Wyoming. 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
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- ↑ Gerst, Ellen (July 18, 2021). "New Chief Justice Kate Fox has her eyes on Wyoming". Casper Star-Tribune Online. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
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