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- ↑ "Ryan Ferns Selected West Virginia Senate Majority Leader". theintelligencer.net. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ↑ "Statewide Results: General Election - November 6, 2018". West Virginia Secretary of State. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- ↑ "Statewide Results: General Election - November 4, 2014". West Virginia Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
- ↑ "Statewide Results: General Election - November 6, 2012". West Virginia Secretary of State. Archived from the original on January 13, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
- ↑ "Statewide Results: General Election - November 2, 2010". West Virginia Secretary of State. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
