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- 1 2 Cousins, Christopher (May 24, 2017). "Mary Mayhew to leave LePage administration". Bangor Daily News . Retrieved 24 May 2017.
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- ↑ "Former LePage welfare chief Mary Mayhew picked to run federal Medicaid program". 15 October 2018.
- ↑ Ogles, Jacob (May 2019). "Senate Confirms Mary Mayhew as AHCA Secretary". Florida Politics.
- ↑ Andrews, Caitlin (September 8, 2020). "Mary Mayhew departs top Florida health post for hospital lobbying job". Bangor Daily News . Retrieved August 26, 2020.