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- ↑ Minnesota PUC: Commissioners Archived 2011-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Maricella Miranda (December 28, 2010). "South St. Paul's Tom Pugh prepares to become 1st Judicial District judge". St. Paul Pioneer Press . Archived from the original on December 12, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
