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- ↑ "Scot Heckert". Mountain State Spotlight. 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
- ↑ "Three new faces elected to House of Delegates from Wood County". newsandsentinel.com/. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
- ↑ Bowen, Laura (2022-10-26). "West Virginia House of Delegates district 13 race: Meet the candidates". WTAP . Retrieved 2023-09-02.
