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- ↑ "Democrats choose Mary Ware to replace Lt. Gov.-elect Lynn Rogers in Senate". www.kwch.com.
- ↑ "2020 General Election - Official Vote Totals" (PDF). Kansas Secretary of State . Retrieved November 7, 2022.
- ↑ Celia Llopis-Jepsen (2019-07-19). "CBD oil with THC in Kansas stores, legality is confusing". KCTV. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ↑ "Democrats choose Mary Ware to replace Lt. Gov.-elect Lynn Rogers in Senate". www.kwch.com.
- ↑ "Senator Mary Ware," in "Legislators", Kansas Legislature, retrieved April 4, 2023