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- ↑ "2010 State Senator General Election: District 5". ElectionStats and New Hampshire Public Radio. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
- ↑ Carroll's State Directory: Executive, Legislatiove, Judicial, Carroll Pub., 2007
- ↑ New Hampshire Register, State Yearbook and Legislative Manual: Issue 212, Tower Publishing Company, 2012
- ↑ "Senator Matthew Houde, D-Plainfield: Senate District 5". The General Court of New Hampshire. Archived from the original on May 10, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2024– via Wayback Machine.
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