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- ↑ "South Carolina Legislature Online - Member Biography". www.scstatehouse.gov. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
- ↑ "Cally R. "Cal" Forrest - South Carolina Representative - Open States". openstates.org. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
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