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- ↑ "Maine House of Representatives: Madonna M. Soctomah". Maine House of Representatives . Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- ↑ "126th Maine State Legislature" (PDF). Retrieved 21 April 2014.[ permanent dead link ]
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