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- 1 2 Canvass Results for 2021 Spring Election - 4/6/2021 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. April 22, 2021. p. 2. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ↑ Bice, Daniel (February 13, 2023). "Bice: Sparks fly in Wisconsin Supreme Court race after Jennifer Dorow's sentence is overturned as too lenient". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . Retrieved April 6, 2023.
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