MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) 鈥� The runoff field for a U.S. Senate seat was set Wednesday , a state that also will have a high-profile this fall and congressional seats that could be scrambled amid a wave of Republican redistricting.
Former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson advanced Wednesday to a June 16 runoff against U.S. Rep. Barry Moore for the Republican nomination for the state鈥檚 open U.S. Senate seat. The Democratic Senate field was set in Tuesday’s primary.
Hudson positioned himself as a political outsider and narrowly edged Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.
鈥淲e made history last night, Alabama!鈥� Hudson wrote on social media. He added that, 鈥淒C money is going to have to punch a lot harder if they want to stop this grassroots movement.鈥�
President Donald Trump has endorsed Moore, a three-term congressman who said the state deserves a 鈥淭rump conservative鈥� in the Senate. If Hudson is elected, he has promised to be 鈥渁 warrior for President Trump鈥檚 鈥楢merica First鈥� agenda.”
鈥淲e鈥檙e going to win this thing, and God鈥檚 going to bless this great nation,鈥� Moore told supporters after advancing to the runoff.
On the Democratic side, business owner Dakarai Larriett and lawyer Everett Wess are heading to a runoff, but either will face an uphill climb in deep-red Alabama.
The four are competing for the seat being vacated by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who won his primary Tuesday as the Republican nominee in . He will face , a Democrat, in a rematch of the U.S. Senate race six years ago.
Jones is the last Democrat to win a statewide election in Alabama. Both candidates nodded to their looming rematch in their victory speeches Tuesday night.
鈥淚鈥檓 asking all of you to give us a chance, to join us, to be that force for change,鈥� Jones said.
He was scheduled to make an appearance Wednesday in Birmingham with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who chairs the Democratic Governors Association.
Tuberville framed the race as a competition of ideologies.
鈥淚鈥檓 not running against him. I鈥檓 really not. I鈥檓 running against socialism and communism,鈥� Tuberville said.
Some of Alabama鈥檚 congressional primaries remain in flux as the state goes forward with a plan to switch to a new congressional map that could give Republicans an opportunity to recapture the 2nd Congressional District in November. is one of several Southern states that have moved quickly to redraw their U.S. House maps and held by Black Democrats after a that severely weakened the Voting Rights Act.
Voters on Tuesday cast ballots in all seven of the state鈥檚 congressional districts, but Republicans plan to replace the results in four districts with an Aug. 11 special primary using the maps redrawn to benefit Republicans. The new district lines remain the subject of litigation.
Federal judges have scheduled a Friday hearing on a request by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to block the state from changing maps.
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