Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is trying to beat ex-college football coach Tommy Tuberville in Tuesday’s Republican primary runoff for the Alabama Senate seat he held for decades. President Trump has endorsed Tuberville.
, making direct appeals for Alabama voters to reject Sessions’s candidacy. “Do not trust Jeff Sessions,” Trump tweeted this spring. “He let our Country down.”
He has asked voters to look past the feud. “I’m calling on the people of Alabama and I’m saying this. You know me. You know I can be trusted,” Sessions said during a campaign stop this past week. Republicans are defending 25 of the 38 Senate seats in play this year. Democrats must gain at least three to capture the majority. It’s a difficult but achievable task as they also try to win back the White House. But their path becomes significantly steeper if Republicans are able to take the Alabama seat, which Jones capturedADVERTISEMENT
A political newcomer, Tuberville is armed both with Trump’s endorsement and the state-wide name recognition that comes from the Auburn job. Believing he has a comfortable lead, Tuberville has turned to a familiar page in the football playbook, looking to run out the clock in the final days. Jack Campbell, a political consultant and talk radio host who supports Tuberville, said Trump’s disavowal of Sessions has become the chief issue of the campaign.Sessions had been the first senator to endorse Trump, donning a red “Make America Great Again” hat and infusing the 2016 campaign with a dose of Washington credibility. Their alliance solidified as Trump adopted the hard-line immigration proposals that Sessions had championed for years in the Senate.
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