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- ↑ "Republican Albert Lipscomb launches bid for AL-01 congressional seat". Blog.al.com. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ↑ "Albert Lipscomb Bio". Baldwincountyal.gov. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
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