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- ↑ "Vote Smart - Facts For All". Vote Smart. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ↑ Kansas City Kansas Board of Education - Board Member Biography
- ↑ Kansas City Kansas Public Schools - Board of Education Members
- ↑ KU Alumni Association, Black Alumni Network honor alumni for achievements
- ↑ Project Vote Smart - Rep. Valdenia Winn Biography
- 1 2 Black state lawmaker could be expelled for calling GOP colleagues "racist", CBS News . Jake Miller, June 19, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- ↑ At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2015Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City Election Office, "2015 City/School Election Unofficial Candidate List", Ballotpedia , January 27, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- ↑ Follow the Money - 2008 Campaign Contributions