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- ↑ George Howland, Jr, "GOP goes sharp right", Seattle Weekly, 14 June 2006
- ↑ Nina Shapiro, "Moderate Landslide", Seattle Weekly, 15 September 2004
- 1 2 Nick Perry, "Diane Tebelius, 8th Congressional District candidate, 'never stops' ", Seattle Times , 10 August 2004