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- ↑ "Former investment banker Marlo M. Oaks named new Utah state treasurer". Deseret News. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ↑ "Gov. Spencer J. Cox names Marlo Oaks as new state treasurer". Governor Spencer J. Cox. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ↑ Klopfenstein, Jacob. "Former investment banker Marlo M. Oaks named new Utah state treasurer". www.ksl.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Cox appoints a new state treasurer". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ↑ "Utah Treasurer Election Results". The New York Times . December 5, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ↑ KUTV, Daniel Woodruff (2021-06-12). "3 GOP finalists emerge for vacant Utah state treasurer position". KUTV. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
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