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- ↑ "Preston Sullivan". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ↑ The Associated Press (2021-11-01). "1st-term Mississippi rep jumps from Democrat to Republican". WTOK. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
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