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- ↑ Gore, Leada (June 16, 2014). "Ranking the most conservative and most liberal members of the Alabama Senate: Today in politics". AL.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ↑ Reporter, Lee Peck FOX10 News. "Sen. Bill Hightower: "It was an honor to run, let's now get behind Kay Ivey"". FOX10 News. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Sharp, John (April 16, 2019). "Bill Hightower announces run for Congress". AL.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ↑ "Bill Hightower determined to win runoff on March 31st with Jerry Carl".