Sessions Fights For His Political Life, As Trump Looms Over Alabama Senate Race

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Jeff Sessions talks with the media after voting in Alabama’s primary election in Mobile, Ala., on March 3. He faces Tommy Tuberville in Tuesday’s Republican Senate runoff.





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Former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville has President Trump’s support in the Alabama Senate runoff.





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On June 11, Tuberville, second from left, joined Trump and others on a trip to Dallas.





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On June 11, Tuberville, second from left, joined Trump and others on a trip to Dallas.


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Back at Battleship Park in Mobile, Reginald Hartz, a veteran who served in the Iraq and Gulf wars, said he’s torn on which Republican to vote for. He’s a Trump supporter but says the president’s demeaning tweets about Sessions aren’t a factor for him.

«Just nitpicking, to me that’s childish, he said.

Hartz thinks the race comes down to whether Alabama needs a political outsider or someone who knows the halls of power.

«I’m an Auburn fan but yet you got a career politician versus a guy that’s never set foot and knows very little about politics, Hartz said.

Whichever candidate wins the GOP runoff will have the advantage heading into November against the Democrat Jones, in a state where Trump has his highest net approval rating in the country.