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- ↑ Background Info Archived 2012-07-15 at archive.today
- ↑ Elected in 2008 Archived 2012-07-16 at archive.today
- ↑ "RACE RESULTS 3,960-yard freestyle".
- ↑ State legislator faces OUI charge after crash, could lose coaching job Lewiston Sun Journal, Aug 11, 2010.
- ↑ Volk unseats Flaherty in House District 127 Portland Press Herald
