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- ↑ North Dakota Republican Party Senators Archived 2011-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Jill Schramm, New faces in District 3, Minot Daily News , November 3, 2010
- ↑ Where Republicans made gains in the ND Legislature : A district-by-district look, The Bismarck Tribune , November 3, 2010
- ↑ Amanda Tetlak, Different Viewpoints On Bullying, KFYR-TV , 2/10/2011
- ↑ Izzy Kalman, A Psychological Solution to Bullying, Psychology Today , March 9, 2011
- ↑ ND lawmakers debate solutions to bullying, The Bismarck Tribune, March 15, 2011
- ↑ Senate approves adding school policies on bullying, bill now goes to Dalrymple, The Bismarck Tribune, March 17, 2011
- ↑ ND Senate: Gun owners can bring firearms to work, The Bismarck Tribune, March 30, 2011