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- 1 2 3 4 Official website
- 1 2 3 4 Rutherford GOP
- 1 2 Rick Womick: Tennessee Lawmaker Calls Allah A 'False God,' Warns Of Muslim Immigrant 'Population Jihad', The Huffington Post , November 16, 2011
- ↑ Aliyah Shahid, Rick Womick, GOP Tennessee state rep: All Muslims serving in the U.S. military should be removed, VIDEO, Daily News , November 15, 2011
- ↑ Cannon, Chris, "First Bill Introduced That Would Change Abortion Laws In Tennessee", News Channel 5, Nashville, TN, November 14, 2014, Retrieved November 22, 2014
- ↑ Alan Frio, State rep. asks county clerks to ignore Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage, WSMV-TV, July 28, 2015
- ↑ "State Representative Rick Womick Made Lt. Col. in State Guard". WGNS. 31 January 2014. Archived from the original on July 13, 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2017.