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- ↑ "SESSION OF 1981 - 165TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - No. 1" (PDF). Legislative Journal. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. 1981-01-06.
- ↑ Per Article II, Section 2 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, the legislative session ended on November 30, 2006
- 1 2 "Kevin Blaum (Democrat)". Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-01-10. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ↑ "Blaum assumes leadership role as caucus secretary" (Press release). Pennsylvania House Democratic Communications Office. 2005-11-17. Archived from the original on February 17, 2005.
- ↑ "Times Leader Kevin Blaum". Times Leader . The Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company. Archived from the original on 2009-06-18.
Kevin Blaum's column called "In The Arena" appears each Sunday in The Times Leader.