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- ↑ "Representative Phyllis M. Katsakiores (NH)". Project Vote Smart. Project Vote Smart. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- Official page, http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=332247
- http://www.eagletribune.com/news/new_hampshire/katsakiores-tripp-win-derry-town-council-seats/article_b1d02684-769d-5b49-8c64-3383a9fb884b.html
- http://www.bostonherald.com/photos/carly_fiorina_campaigns_in_new_hampshire
- http://www.wmur.com/politics/gene-chandler-heads-list-of-13-nh-house-members-backing-fiorina/33462512
- http://www.unionleader.com/article/20150609/NEWS06/150609132
- http://www.unionleader.com/article/20150305/NEWS0606/150309499/0/NEWS03
- http://www.newhampshire.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140526/NEWHAMPSHIRE0201/140529252
- http://www.concordmonitor.com/.../new-hampshire-gop-can...
- http://patch.com/new-hampshire/.../jim-foley-to-launch-senate-run
- boston herald as archived at http://www.pressreader.com/search?newspapers=1089&query=Katsakiores&stop=2015-06-03&start=2015-06-03
- http://www.derrynews.com/news/candidates-sign-up-for-town-school-offices/article_772b1ba1-36c1-5ffa-ac87-543d3eec5643.html
- govt cite later digitized by academia, as 1984 town of derry budget chair, http://digital.unh.edu/fedora/objects/derry:0093/datastreams/APPLICATION-PDF/content?download=true
- http://www.derry-nh.org/Pages/DerryNH_TownCouncil/TownReport2014.pdf , see also http://www.derry.nh.us/Pages/DerryNH_BComm/Heritage , et cetera
- ranking of state legislature candidates by a lobbyist organization, http://neanh.org/2014/10/21/nea-nh-announces-recommended-house-candidates/
- another state legislature ranking by a lobbyist organization, http://www.nhliberty.org/sites/default/files/2012_Liberty_Rating.pdf
- more ratings, www.seiu1984.org/2014-endorsed-candidates
- more ratings, www.teamsters633.com/images/teamsters11-06.pdf
- more ratings, www.gonh.org/uploads/228/GONHvoterguide.pdf
- see also George Katsiakiores, http://co.rockingham.nh.us/annualreport/2009.pdf
- http://www.gwu.edu/~action/nhendorse.html
- http://aboutmittromney.com/state/new_hampshire.htm