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- ↑ "Rep. Walker Hines withdraws from secretary of state race; will not seek any office". The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate . August 12, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
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- ↑ Moller, Jan (November 12, 2010). "State Rep. Walker Hines switching to Republican Party, giving GOP House majority". The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate . Retrieved May 1, 2022.
- ↑ Hobgood, Kathryn (November 19, 2008). "Louisiana State Representative Walker Hines, 24, to Speak at Tulane University". Tulane News . Retrieved May 1, 2022.
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