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- ↑ "State Senate District 41 Special Election (Charleston County) | SCVotes.org". www.scvotes.org. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ↑ "South Carolina Legislature Online - Search".
- ↑ Compensation Charleston Workers [ dead link ]
- ↑ Order List archives.sc.gov [ dead link ]
