Breaking: Alabama state Rep. Wes Allen, who backs voting restrictions, is projected to win GOP nomination for Alabama’s secretary of state. Allen is projected to prevail over State Auditor Jim Zeigler in the Republican runoff, the Associated Press reported. A former probate judge, Allen oversaw elections and favors restricting curbside voting and private donations to electioneering. He will run against Democrat Pamela Laffitte in November. This story will be updated.
First-time candidate Katie Britt on Tuesday won the Republican nomination to represent Alabama in the Senate, the Associated Press projected, defeating Rep. Mo Brooks after a roller coaster primary in which former president Donald Trump abandoned a staunch ally.
Brooks, 68, once seemed like the candidate to beat, with more than a decade in Congress and an endorsement from Trump. But the former president deserted Brooks as he slipped in the polls this year and ultimately backed Britt as strategists predicted she would win. Britt, 40, seeks to replace her old boss, retiring Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R), and has pitched herself as a newcomer with conservative and Christian values.
A former chief of staff of Shelby and ex-chief executive of the Business Council of Alabama, Britt will begin as a heavy favorite to win the general election in a deep-red state against Democratic nominee Will Boyd. Her upbeat ads have promised “new blood to shake things up in Washington,” while blaming the Biden administration for high...
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