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- ↑ "Kathleen Drew". Washington State Legislature. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
- ↑ Dupler, Michelle (July 5, 2012). "Kathleen Drew has priority list if elected Secretary of State". Tri-City Herald. Retrieved 29 June 2021.