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- 1 2 "About Nick Zerwas". Zerwas for MN House District 30A. Volunteers for Zerwas. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ↑ "Zerwas, Nicholas "Nick"". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ↑ Nick Zerwas resignation letter, Minnesota House of Representatives https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/profile/news/15422/41387
- ↑ "State representative from Elk River pleaded guilty to DWI in August". Star Tribune .
