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- ↑ "Melanie Sachs". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
- ↑ Forecaster, Alex LearThe (2020-10-16). "Freeport residents compete for seat in Maine House". Press Herald. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
- ↑ Writer, Hannah LaClaireStaff (2020-11-04). "Sachs defeats Finegan for Gideon's old Maine House seat". Press Herald. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
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