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- ↑ "Representative Kent Peterson — 2018". South Dakota Legislative Research Council. South Dakota Legislative Research Council. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
- ↑ "Kent Peterson's Biography". Vote Smart. Vote Smart. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
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