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- ↑ Andrew Leo Lovato, Santa Fe Hispanic Culture: Preserving Identity in a Tourist Town (University of New Mexico Press, 2006), ISBN 978-0-8263-3226-4, pp. 109ff (excerpt available at Google Books).
- ↑ Elvia Diaz and Scott Smallwood, "Delgado Is Next Santa Fe Mayor.", Albuquerque Journal , March 4, 1998 (registration required).
- ↑ "Santa Feans hand incumbent Mayor Jaramillo a crushing defeat", AP in Albuquerque Tribune , March 4, 1998 (registration required).
- ↑ Tom Sharpe, "Delgado's Legacy: Conservative mayor often a tie-breaker on measures affecting development, The Santa Fe New Mexican , March 12, 2006 (registration required).
- ↑ "New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan". joemonahansnewmexico.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
