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- 1 2 Senate of Virginia bio
- 1 2 Helderman, Rosalind (2011-02-26). "Va. Sen. Whipple retiring". Washington Post . p. B1. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
- ↑ "Leadership". Arlington County Democratic Committee. Archived from the original on 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
- ↑ "Senate of Virginia - Membership". Senate of Virginia. Archived from the original on 2011-01-05. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
- ↑ "Tax Reform: A critical issue for Virginia". Whipple. Archived from the original on 2007-08-21. Retrieved 2011-02-26. (flash subpage)
- ↑ "Others on Joe: Margaret Whipple, Senate of Virginia" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-12-19.
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