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- ↑ "Gay legislator introduces bill to repeal ban on homosexual sex". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . 1998-02-26. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- ↑ "Official Manual, State of Missouri, 2001–02: Missouri House of Representatives (PDF)" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- 1 2 "Missouri House of Representatives: Rep. Tim Van Zandt, biography" . Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- ↑ "Missouri state archives" . Retrieved 2009-05-17.
- ↑ "Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund: First Openly Gay Candidate Elected to Missouri House of Representatives" . Retrieved 2009-05-16.
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