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- ↑ "Downing leaves Dems, will challenge Aboud". Arizona Daily Star . May 18, 2010. Archived from the original on July 26, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
- ↑ "Aboud in, Walden out following Barber announcement". Arizona Capitol Times . March 20, 2012. Archived from the original on September 2, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ↑ Christie, Bob (March 31, 2012). "Aboud ends race for Congress, endorses Barber". The Arizona Republic. Archived from the original on May 1, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
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