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- ↑ Gehrke, Robert (January 16, 2010). "Killpack quits Legislature after DUI bust". Salt Lake Tribune.
- 1 2 3 Hunt, Stephen (January 19, 2011). "Ex-Senate Majority Leader Killpack pleads guilty to DUI". Salt Lake Tribune.
- ↑ Roche, Lisa Riley (January 17, 2010). "Utah Senate Majority Leader Sheldon Killpack resigns from Senate". Deseret News. Archived from the original on January 19, 2010.
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