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- ↑ "Walker bows out of race for Connecticut House majority leader". The Middletown Press. 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
- ↑ "New Haven's Toni Walker re-elected along with those unopposed in area". Nhregister.com. 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
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