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- ↑ "2018 General Election Information and Results". New Hampshire Secretary of State. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ↑ Landrigan, Kevin (April 17, 2013). "State Rep. from Amherst seeking shock value with 'children and vaginas' email comment on Stand Your Ground Law" . The Nashua Telegraph . Retrieved April 20, 2015.