Tommy Tuberville beat President Trump's former attorney general, with the president's vociferous support.
Jeff Sessions after voting in the Alabama Republican primary runoff for the US Senate at the Volunteers of America Southeast Chapter on July 14, in Mobile, Alabama.Jeff Sessions in the Alabama Senate run-off Tuesday and will advance to the November general election where he’ll face the Democratic incumbent, Sen. Doug Jones.
Tuberville’s win is a victory for President Donald Trump, who backed the former Auburn University coach and railed against Sessions, his former attorney general. Tuberville, the former Auburn University football coach, is leading with the vote still coming in Tuesday night. The two ledSessions held the Senate seat for two decades before being tapped to serve as US attorney general by Trump. The relationship between the two soured after Sessions
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