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- ↑ Colorado Reapportionment Commission Staff. Legislative District Information After 2011 Reapportionment: House District 56. Viewed: January 3, 2019.
- 1 2 "Rod Bockenfeld elected to Colorado Legislature". whig.com. November 20, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
- ↑ Mason, Kara (November 7, 2018). "Former Arapahoe County Commissioner Rod Bockenfeld wins HD56 race". sentinelcolorado.com. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Colorado Election Results - Election Results 2018 - The New York Times". The New York Times . Retrieved November 24, 2018.
- ↑ "2020 abstract of votes cast" (PDF). Office of the Secretary of State, State of Colorado. 2020. p. 118. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
- ↑ "Colorado election results: November 8, 2022, general election state representative district 56". Colorado Secretary of State. State of Colorado. n.d. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
- ↑ "Colorado House District 56 candidate Q&A". The Denver Post. October 10, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
