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Sessions, an Alabama Icon, Faces Uncertain Path to Senate

Associated Press

   Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions wants to reclaim his old Senate
   seat from Alabama, where he's been a conservative icon and dominant
   vote-getter since the 1990s.

   But it's already clear that President Donald Trump's enmity toward him,
   along with an established field of competitors, means he'll have to
   battle his way to the Republican nomination.
   And early indications are that he may not have robust help from former
   GOP Senate colleagues, either.
   "The people in Alabama will figure this out," Senate Majority Leader
   Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told The Associated Press on Thursday when
   asked if it's a good idea for Sessions to run. "We do want to get that
   seat back, and I'm hopeful we will."

   Several knowledgeable Republicans told the AP that Sessions, 72, who
   held the seat for two decades, plans to announce Thursday that he'll
   run for the GOP Senate nomination.

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