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- ↑ "Republican primary returns". Texas Secretary of State. March 2, 2016. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Election Results". Texas Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ↑ Oxner, Reese (2020-07-22). "Timing of Supreme Court justice's retirement allows Gov. Greg. Abbott, not voters, to pick his two-year replacement". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ↑ Oxner, Reese (2020-07-21). "Texas Supreme Court Justice Paul Green says he will retire at the end of August after 15 years on the bench". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2020-08-31.