In a primary race largely dominated by the
popularity of President Donald Trump among Alabama Republicans, three
GOP candidates will square off Tuesday in a special election primary to
fill the Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
After weeks of vowing to remain on the sidelines, Trump inserted himself front-and-center in the race earlier this month when he endorsed Sen. Luther Strange,
who was appointed to fill Sessions' seat temporarily earlier this year.
On Monday, news emerged that the president had begun recording
robocalls for him, urging Alabama GOP voters to support him.
But the other two candidates have sought to suggest no daylight between them and the president, either.
Twice-elected, twice-deposed Chief Justice of
the Alabama Supreme Court Roy Moore, Tea Party favorite Rep. Mo Brooks,
R-Ala, and Strange have duked it out for months, competing for the
attention of voters who still hold the president in extremely high
regard.
Moore has a steady lead in most polls, but has
fallen short of the 50-percent mark, pitting Strange and Brooks in a
battle for second place.
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