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- ↑ Alison, Graham (17 January 2018). "General Assembly elects Botetourt prosecutor Joel Branscom to judgeship". Roanoke Times. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ↑ "Virginia House of Delegates". Archived from the original on 2017-03-30.
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