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- ↑ "Foley, Wright running for Senate District 34". seacoastonline.com. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ↑ https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=56506
- ↑ https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/19496/ron-collins
- ↑ Senator Ronald F. Collins
- ↑ Maine GOP Leaders Endorse Romney for 2012 Archived 2012-01-27 at archive.today
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