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- ↑ "Socialist Workers Party Polled More Votes for One of its U.S. House Candidates than it Did for President in the Whole Nation". Ballot Access News. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-22. Retrieved 2012-07-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ "2013 Primary Election Official Results". Douglas County Election Commission. April 2, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
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