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Jeff Sessions: Don’t Allow Critics to “Demoralize” Country

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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) – Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said critics shouldn’t “demoralize” the country’s founding even if the country didn’t immediately meet its ideal of equality. Sessions spoke Sunday at an Independence Day program at First Baptist Church of Huntsville. Sessions addressed what he called an encroachment on religion and discussed the Trump administration’s decision to intervene on…

Campaign 2020: Alabama Runoff Results

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Alabama News Network has complete results of the July 14 runoffs. ALABAMA RUNOFF RESULTS The most-watched statewide race is the Republican runoff for U.S. Senate. Former U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions is facing former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville. The winner moves on to take on Democratic U.S. Senator Doug Jones in November. Another race to watch in our area is…

Senate, House Runoffs Included on Alabama Runoff Ballot

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The Republican Senate runoff for U.S. Senate and three contests to select party nominees for two open U.S. House seats are the highlights of Tuesday’s election in Alabama. Here is a look at the top races on the ballot: U.S. SENATE Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and former football coach Tommy Tuberville are fighting over the Republican nomination to…

Sessions Steps Up Attacks on Tuberville Ahead of Runoff

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is stepping up attacks against his Senate primary rival, accusing former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville of hiding and being unprepared for Washington. Tuberville and Sessions face off in the July 14 Republican runoff for Sessions’ former Senate seat. Sessions, speaking in Montgomery, accused Tuberville of hiding by refusing…

Campaign Trail Heats Up for Sessions, Tuberville Before July 14 U.S. Senate GOP Runoff

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We are a little over a month until the state primary runoff elections. Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville have been busy preparing for the upcoming GOP Senate runoff. “Well, it’s certainly using our social media and interviews like this and radio interviews and I’m doing conference calls,” Sessions told Alabama News…

Sessions Challenges Tuberville to Debate

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Jeff Sessions on Tuesday challenged Tommy Tuberville to a series of five debates ahead of their July runoff in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. “It is time for you to stop running away, and face me and the voters of Alabama,” Sessions wrote in the challenge to Tuberville. Sessions is trying to reclaim the seat…

Sessions, Running for Senate, rejects Trump’s criticism

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Jeff Sessions is pushing back at President Donald Trump’s criticism, telling Trump that he was “damn fortunate” Sessions recused himself from the Russian investigation. Sessions responded pointedly on Twitter after Trump called Sessions untrustworthy and reiterated his endorsement of Sessions’ Republican primary rival for U.S. Senate, former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville. “Look, I know…

Sessions Defends Recusal in Letter to Alabama Voters

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  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Former Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions is seeking to reclaim his seat after serving as President Donald Trump’s attorney general. In an open letter to Alabama voters, Sessions explains his recusal from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. He has gone on the offensive about the recusal, which drew Trump’s ire and has…

Secretary of State John Merrill Talks July Runoff Election

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Runoff elections in Alabama are July 14th, but with the Coronavirus Pandemic raging, many are concerned with going out to the polls. Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill says that all of Alabama’s polling places will be open on that day for voters who choose to go out and physically vote. For those that cite coronavirus concerns as a reason…