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- ↑ "Governor's Office". Office of Governor Tim Walz. 2022-12-21. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ↑ "Commissioner's Office". Minnesota Department of Education. 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ↑ "Tim Walz taps former St. Paul teachers union leader to head Department of Education". Twin Cities. 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
- ↑ "Minnesota Commissioner of Education".
- ↑ "Governors-cabinet / Office of Governor Mark Dayton and Lt. Governor Tina Smith". Archived from the original on 2016-12-06. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
- ↑ "Seagren, Alice - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
- ↑ "MPR: Campaign 2002: Christine Jax".
