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- ↑ Profile at the 97th Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
- ↑ "HOUSE JOURNAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 73RD LEGISLATIVE DAY" (PDF). Springfield, Illinois: Illinois House of Representatives. October 5, 2011. pp. 3–4. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
- ↑ Daily Herald article on McSweeney's victory