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- ↑ Montana State Legislature-Sen. Mike Taylor
- ↑ Votesmart.org.-Mike Taylor
- ↑ GOP Hopeful Gets Back in Montana Race
- ↑ 'Montana Senator Gets a Second Wind,' The New York Times, B. Drummond Ayres, Jr., May 25, 2002
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