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Alabama Senate Primary
Oct. 2, 2017
Study: Trump’s Endorsement Did Absolutely Nothing for Luther Strange In case you were wondering, some post-runoff polling from Alabama confirms that support for Luther Strange stayed flat after Trump backed him.
Sept. 27, 2017
Breitbart News Takes Total Credit for Roy Moore Victory The Trump movement’s favorite media outlet is proclaiming itself the enforcer of ideology in the GOP, and is even threatening Trump himself.
Sept. 27, 2017
Trump Congratulates Moore, Deletes Tweets Backing Alabama Senate Primary Loser The defeat of Luther Strange shows Establishment candidates may be in trouble, even if they can secure the president’s endorsement.
Sept. 26, 2017
Roy Moore Beats Trump’s Candidate in Alabama Senate Runoff Despite presidential and vice-presidential campaigning and massive infusions of money, appointed senator Luther Strange lost handily.
Sept. 26, 2017
The GOP’s Latest Attempt to Repeal Obamacare Won’t Even Get a Vote After a pretty depressing luncheon discussion, Senate Republicans decided they won’t humiliate themselves with a vote on the Graham-Cassidy bill.
Sept. 25, 2017
Alabama GOP Senate Preview: A Strange Struggle in a Pro-Trump State Donald Trump went to Alabama to pull his candidate across the finish line to victory in a GOP Senate runoff. But it’s not looking good for Big Luther.
Sept. 23, 2017
Trump Gives Luther Strange a Boost — But Keeps the Focus on Himself In a typical Trump rhetorical effort, the president rambled through many boasts and gripes and whines, but probably did just enough for his candidate.
Sept. 18, 2017
A Brief Note on the Alabama Senate Race and an Old Children’s Song Roy Moore says something outrageous every other minute. But his allusion to a beloved children’s song about racial unity wasn’t an example.
Sept. 15, 2017
The Alabama GOP’s Senate Primary Lives on the Theocratic Fringe Roy Moore’s wild theocratic views would make him a joke in most places. In Alabama, his desperate GOP foes won’t even mention them.
Sept. 11, 2017
The Alabama Senate Race Is a Sprint to the Right In most any other state, the richly funded Luther Strange would go after Senate runoff opponent Roy Moore as a dangerous fanatic. But not in Alabama.
Aug. 9, 2017
Trump Shocks Alabama Republicans by Endorsing Luther Strange for the Senate The president shook up a tight three-way race for the GOP Senate nomination by endorsing Mitch McConnell’s candidate just days before the primary.
Aug. 8, 2017
Jesus, Trump, and Guns: Luther Strange’s Ultimate Alabama GOP Ad In a race marred by negative ads, Senator Luther Strange has a positive spot that’s got more shout-outs to conservative icons than you can count.
