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- ↑ "Candidate report of receipts and disbursements 2010 non-judicial election" (PDF). Mississippi Secretary of State. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
- ↑ President, United States (October 26, 2005). "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States". Federal Register Division, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration – via Google Books.