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- ↑ The Political Graveyard
- 1 2 Randy Tyree (D) - Sheriff, Knoxville News Sentinel , July 20, 2008
- ↑ Randy Tyree (D) - Sheriff, Knoxville News Sentinel , January 13, 2008
- 1 2 Tyree will be on August ballot for Knox County sheriff, WATE-TV website, June 8, 2006
- 1 2 3 Chronology for World's Fair issues, Knoxville News Sentinel , April 28, 2002
- ↑ Sarah McCally Morehouse, The Governor as Party Leader, page 86, University of Michigan Press, 1998, ISBN 978-0-472-10848-0
- ↑ Catharyn Campbell, Hutchison wins fifth term as Knox County sheriff, WATE-TV website, August 3, 2006
- ↑ Tyree to run again for Knox Co. sheriff, WATE-TV website, December 12, 2007, updated January 11, 2008.
- ↑ Primary & General Election Results, August 7, 2008, WATE-TV website, accessed April 5, 2011