Trump and former adviser loom large in Alabama Senate race
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Sen. Luther Strange on Tuesday tried to beat back a challenge from firebrand jurist Roy Moore who was in sight of grabbing the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate despite Strange's backing from President Donald Trump and millions of dollars from allies of Senate Leader Mitch McConnell.
The outcome of the contest for Attorney General Jeff Sessions' former Senate seat will reverberate through the national Republican Party in the latest battle between the party's populist and establishment wings. It has also pitted Trump against his former strategist, Steve Bannon.
Trump, who held a headline-generating rally in Alabama last week, supported Strange with a Tweet sent before voting began Tuesday morning in Alabama: "Luther Strange has been shooting up in the Alabama polls since my endorsement. Finish the job - vote for 'Big Luther.'"
Strange has looked to support from the White House in the heated race with Moore who was twice removed as state chief justice by a judicial ethics panel for stands against gay marriage and for the public display of the Ten Commandments.
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Propelled by his support from evangelical voters, Moore led Strange by about 25,000 votes in the crowded August primary and runoff polls have shown him leading or in a dead heat with Strange.
"All of Washington is watching to see what Alabama does," Moore said at a Monday night rally in south Alabama rally attended by Bannon, Brexit leader Nigel Farage, and "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson.
Bannon told the crowd that the race was an opportunity to send a message to the "Washington elites" who "think you're a bunch of morons."
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And the message must be they're morons and proud of it. 
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