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- ↑ Representative Pryor Gibson (Dem) North Carolina General Assembly Archived January 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ News & Observer: Perdue shakes up staff Archived 2011-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Governor Cooper Appoints Pryor Gibson head of Division of Employment Security". www.commerce.nc.gov. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
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- ↑ "NC State House 033". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 16, 2022.