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- ↑ "West Virginia House of Delegates". www.wvlegislature.gov.
- 1 2 "Ric Griffith". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
- 1 2 "W.Va. House 19 candidate: Ric Griffith (D)". The Herald-Dispatch.
- ↑ "Redistricting 2021". www.wvlegislature.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
- ↑ "Ric Griffith's Biography". The Voter's Self Defense System – Vote Smart.
- ↑ "Kenova's Pumpkin House". www.wvculture.org.
- ↑ Pennell, Julie (September 26, 2019). "This house in West Virginia displays 3,000 carved pumpkins every year!". Today . Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ↑ Creasy, Luke (July 29, 2020). "Pumpkin House tradition won't end, owner says, but display was 'too risky' because of virus". The Coal Valley News . Retrieved January 9, 2021.
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