Jeff Sessions Fails To Win GOP Nomination For His Old Senate Seat Outright

[Siwsan]

The battle to pick the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Alabama is headed to a March 31 runoff.

Jeff Sessions, President Donald Trump’s former attorney general who served as senator until 2017, will face former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville.

Sessions should have been a shoo-in for his old seat. He represented the state in the Senate for 20 years before joining the Trump administration.

He was the first senator to endorse Trump, lending him establishment credibility and opening the doors to the political world during the 2016 election. Trump, in turn, rewarded him with a job as his attorney general.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alabama-senate-race-runoff_n_5e5e87bec5b67ed38b3946fc

[misanthrope]

1. They skipped the most interesting part

Tuberville is not only unqualified but has a checkered past. During his time as a football coach, he developed a reputation for laziness, lying and narrowly avoided prosecution as defendant in a Ponzi scheme that he sidestepped by supplying evidence against his old partner. He's a born con man.

That Alabamians passed up a former Senator with two decades of experience and connections, and another experienced legislator for Tuberville shows that residents of a state noted for its corruption fall into familiar patterns. The only way they could have made a worse choice would have been to elect Roy Moore, the accused ephebophile and wannabe theocrat who just barely lost to Doug Jones in 2017's special election.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. This cod be good news for Doug Jones....

For he has a few more weeks to campaign as the Republicans battle it out.

[Tanuki]

3. Indeed. If anyone wants to donate to help Doug Jones keep his Senate seat:

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stand-with-doug?refcode=gaa2&gclid=CjwKCAiAnfjyBRBxEiwA-EECLEfIlRX4HKtIWvFYvB-5f3sFDTSkWURKNUFZhOailMF1Z08fAAAG2BoCg4AQAvD_BwE

[RhodeIslandOne]

7. I did when he voted to impeach

A true hero

[AlexSFCA]

4. good news for doug jones if sessions loses primary

[Polybius]

10. Not really

They'll vote for any Republican without the last name Moore, especially in a presidential year.

[MadLinguist]

5. The ghost of Coretta Scott King sighs "ahhh"

And yes, Doug Jones deserves all of our support

[world wide wally]

6. Back to the cookie mines, Jeff

[question everything]

8. Will the winner, then face Doug Jones?

[Polybius]

11. Yes

Both have a double digit lead against Jones in an early February poll.

[gldstwmn]

9. They found someone worse.