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  9. "Incumbent Price runs on experience against Republican Fetzer". The Daily Tar Heel. November 7, 1988. p. 5.
  10. "State GOP Leaders Hope To Avoid Off-Year Slump". The Asheville-Citizen. Associated Press. December 9, 1988. p. 21.
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Tom Fetzer
Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party
In office
2009–2011
Preceded by Mayor of Raleigh
December 1993 1999
Succeeded by