WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Jeff Sessions, a former chief law officer under President Donald Trump, was headed to an overflow in Alabama as he looked for on Tuesday to advance his quote to go back to the U.S. Senate in a wave of congressional primaries.
Former U.S. Chief Law Officer Jeff Sessions responds after outcomes are revealed for his candidacy in the Republican Celebration U.S. Senate primary in Mobile, Alabama, U.S. March 3,2020 REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage
Voters in a handful of states were weighing in on lower-level races consisting of nominating contests for the U.S. Senate and Legislature, along with selecting amongst prospects looking for the Democratic presidential nomination to deal with the Republican Trump in November’s election.
Below are some highlights from Tuesday’s races:
ALABAMA
Sessions, who in 2016 was the first Senate Republican to back Trump prior to joining his administration, is seeking his celebration’s election to challenge incumbent Doug Jones, the Senate’s most imperiled Democrat.
His leading rivals include newbie candidate Tommy Tuberville, the former head coach of the Auburn University football group, and U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne.
Sessions was essentially tied with Tuberville, running slightly behind him with 32%of the vote compared to Tuberville’s 33%with all 67 counties reporting on Tuesday night. The two are expected to face each other in an overflow on March31
Trump, who forced Sessions out of the Justice Department after consistently slamming his decision to recuse himself from the probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, has not backed any of the contenders.