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- ↑ "Lance Eads". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ↑ "State Sen. Lance Eads of Springdale resigns, accepts lobbying job". Arkansas Online. 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2022-05-03.