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- 1 2 "Senate District 11: Senator John Schickel (R)". Kentucky Legislature . Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Panel OKs jailer as U.S. marshal". The Cincinnati Enquirer. March 9, 2002.
- ↑ "Election 2012: Newcomer challenges incumbent senator in Boone County". Cincinnati.com. April 17, 2012. Archived from the original on July 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Kentucky Republican state Senator: the First Amendment protects my right to receive bribes," Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing, 24 September 2015
