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- ↑ "2019 Election Results - HOD". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
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- ↑ "2023 November General and Special Elections". Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- 1 2 "LIS > Bill Tracking > > 2020 session". lis.virginia.gov. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
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- ↑ Coleman, Justine (February 3, 2020). "Virginia GOP delegate tries to kill own bill to remove Democratic segregationist statue". The Hill.
- ↑ Friedenberger, Amy (February 7, 2020). "General Assembly notebook: Del. Wendell Walker's bill to take down Sen. Harry Byrd statue is dead". The Roanoke Times.
- ↑ Vozzella, Laura (February 3, 2020). "How a Republican's proposal to remove a statue in Richmond may have backfired". The Washington Post.
- ↑ Evans, Whittney (January 9, 2020). "Republican Calls To Take Down Statue of Former Gov. Harry Byrd". VPM News.
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