Posted on 08/15/2017 11:34:54 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Voters in Alabama head to the polls on Tuesday to choose Republican and Democratic nominees for a U.S. Senate seat, in a race that has been dominated by debate over President Donald Trump.
Nine Republicans and seven Democrats are competing in the respective primaries, with little expectation that any candidate will reach the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff election next month between the top two vote-getters in each contest.
The outcome in the Republican primary could give an indication whether Trump remains popular nine months after he easily won Alabama in the presidential election.
Luther Strange is one of the three leading contenders on the Republican side, along with U.S. Representative Mo Brooks and former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore. They have battled for weeks over which of them is most supportive of Trump's legislative agenda.
Strange scored the president's surprise endorsement last week.
Many prominent Trump backers, including Sean Hannity of Fox News, had gravitated to Brooks' hardline stance on illegal immigration. Strange, a former Alabama attorney general, has close ties to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who was strongly criticized by Trump this month over the Senate's failed effort to pass healthcare legislation.
Still, the race's limited polling suggests Moore is in the lead, with Strange and Brooks fighting for second place.
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Moore avalanche please?
Popularity? Let’s get real here. We are not his robots. We will win no matter what. Let’s cut the crap and sit back/watch.
Rooting for Mo Brooks.
This has nothing to do with PRESIDENT TRUMP, but JUSTICE being served for former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore
A VOTE FOR ROY MOORE is VOTE FOR TRUMP’S AGENDA. A vote for any other candidate is a vote for Mitch McConnell & the Deep State!
I hope Strange loses BIGLY.
A Moore win would be almost as satisfying as the Trump win was.
Love Trump voted for Moore:)
I don't hear any enthusiasm for Strange, other than the usual expected voices.
Personally, I don't have anything against the Senator. I'm not aware of any off votes he's cast. But I think that, on principal, sending a strong message to the Rep establishment is a good thing.
Is this the umpty-third litmus test created by the lame stream media??
Not likely. Run off.
Heading out the door now to vote for him!
Are y’alls primaries open? I’d think centrist Dems would be crossing over if ICE has done a bang-up a job in AL as elsewhere.
Trump’s popoularity is not tied to the strange one. The endorsement was strategic and I don’t think it was followed with money that he controls. The RNC is deploying strange money but that was a given. If Trump is financially supporting either side it would be Moore, though on the QT. The endorsement seemed a bit perfunctory.
I hope so too.
Open
Actually, it doesn’t. Either one of the top 3 will be okay.
We'll soon be hearing how the Democrat has a "real shot" because of Trump's "unpopularity."
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