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- ↑ "HOUSE DISTRICT 34 | | billingsgazette.com". billingsgazette.com. 13 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
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- ↑ Courier, The Glasgow. "Rhonda Knudsen Seeks Son's House Seat". The Glasgow Courier. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ↑ holly.michels@lee.net, HOLLY K. MICHELS (12 March 2018). "Dozens of candidates enter races on last day of election filing in Montana". Helena Independent Record. Retrieved 2020-07-24.