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- ↑ "Reeves sets November elections to fill 2 Senate vacancies". Associated Press . July 14, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
- ↑ "Runoffs to decide party nominees for several Mississippi races". gulflive.com. August 25, 2015. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ↑ "Tammy Witherspoon". Mississippi State Senate. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
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