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- ↑ Phelps, Rob. "Openly transgender candidate elected to Somersworth, NH school board | Boston Spirit Magazine" . Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ↑ "Two transgender women elected to N.H. House". Washington Blade , November 7, 2018.
- ↑ "State of New Hampshire - 2018 Primary Election" (PDF). archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624034145/https://www.sos.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt561/files/inline-documents/sonh/2018-sp-house-democratic-strafford.pdf|archive-date=2023-06-10.
- ↑ "2018 General Election - State Representative Strafford County". archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125010033/https://www.sos.nh.gov/2018-general-election-state-representative-strafford-county|archive-date=2023-06-10.
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- ↑ "State of New Hampshire - 2022 Primary Election" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ↑ "State of New Hampshire - 2022 General Election" (PDF). access-date=2023-06-23.
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