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- 1 2 "Office of the Maine Attorney General" . Retrieved 2012-06-19.
- ↑ "Augusta Mayor Stokes nominated for judgeship" . Retrieved 2014-05-07.
- ↑ "Senate elevates Superior Court judge, long time prosecutor to the bench" . Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ↑ "Augusta faces a week with no mayor if Stokes becomes judge" . Retrieved 2014-08-01.
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