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- ↑ "Rep. Toni Rose - Texas State Directory Online".
- ↑ Parks, Scott (February 2014). "Sandra Crenshaw, Toni Rose face off for state House seat in blighted southern Dallas area". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
