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- ↑ "KENTUCKY STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS - REPORT OF "OFFICIAL" ELECTION NIGHT TALLY RESULTS". 26 November 2008. Archived from the original on 17 June 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ↑ "Voters deliver upsets in House races, Stevens Defeats Dedman". The Lexington Herald-Leader . May 21, 2008. p. A16.
- ↑ "Hoffman, Pasley defeated; GOP picks up 7 seats". The Lexington Herald-Leader . November 3, 2010. p. A6.
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