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- ↑ Maine Senate District 28
- ↑ Sen. Dennis S. Damon http://www.maine.gov/legis/senate/senators/bios/bio28s.htm
- 1 2 3 Porter, Anne. "Dennis Damon to Run for State Senate". Ellsworth American . Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ LD 1020 http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_124th/billtexts/SP038401.asp
- ↑ Baldacci signs same-sex marriage bill into law http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=254850&ac=PHnws Archived 2009-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Mainers vote down gay marriage law | Portland Press Herald". Archived from the original on 2009-11-07. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
- ↑ Damon, Dennis (July 14, 2014). "Eliot Cutler is a visionary and a leader". Bangor Daily News . Retrieved 14 July 2014.
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