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Doug Jones Now Faces the Red-State Democrat’s Dilemma
Doug Jones will enter the Senate on Wednesday as the Democrat who did the impossible — he won his seat in Republican-dominated Alabama.
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Doug Jones will enter the Senate on Wednesday as the Democrat who did the impossible — he won his seat in Republican-dominated Alabama.
Ruben Kihuen, D-Nev., still has not said whether he’s running for re-election after facing sexual harassment allegations and calls from top leaders to resign.
.— For the first time in more than two decades, Alabamians are sending a Democrat to the Senate.
Cory Gardner, who leads Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, said Monday the Senate should vote to expel Roy Moore if he wins the Alabama Senate race.
Strange has the backing of President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC allied with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, has carpeted the airwaves with ads supporting Strange and blasting Moore.
Republican candidates in the Alabama Senate primary are facing off Tuesday in the special election for the remaining term of former Sen. Jeff Sessions.
Gonzales rates the Alabama Senate race Solid Republican.Â
But now Brooks says he would be Trump’s ally in the Senate.
Mo Brooks is calling on his fellow Republicans vying for the GOP nod for Senate to drop out of the special election race to allow Attorney General Jeff Sessions to return to the chamber.
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Going negative The Senate Leadership Fund is spending $2.5 million on a TV ad campaign in the state.
In a state where every GOP representative won re-election by at least 30 points, Roby only won by 9 points, deepening speculation that she’ll face another primary in 2018. Rep.
Mo Brooks told AL.com that he would ask Bentley to consider him for the seat if Sessions leaves the Senate and doesn’t have a preference for his replacement.