Alabama Senate Special Election
With the primary elections for the Alabama Senate Special Election only a few days away, We at Millennial Alabama wanted to take this time to inform you of who is will be on the ballot for the Senate seat vacated by now Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Republicans
Luther Strange
Strange was appointed to be our US Senator by ex-Governor Robert Bentley after Jeff Sessions was confirmed as Attorney General. Luther Strange is the former Attorney General for the state of Alabama. He has been endorsed by President Trump and promises to support the Trump agenda in Washington.
Roy Moore
Moore is the former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. Roy Moore is best known for being removed from his position on the Alabama Supreme court twice for his stances on religious liberty. Moore has promised to continue defending religious liberty in Washington and to support the Trump agenda.
Mo Brooks
Mo is a longtime Congressman from Alabama. He has served the Fifth Congressional District since 2011. Like the other, he has promised to uphold the Trump Agenda, including a promise that he will read the Bible on the floor of the Senate until they fund President Trump’s proposed border wall.
Trip Pittman
Pittman is a member of the Alabama legislature where he has served as a State Senator since 2007 when he replaced now Congressman Bradley Bryne. Pittman is running as a businessman and says he will support the president’s agenda as well as pro-business legislation.
Randy Brinson
Brinson is the former president of the Christian Coalition of Alabama. Brinson is a licensed lay minister, doctor, and an Air Force veteran. He served as an advisor to then presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee. Brinson is running on a platform to address health care and economic growth.
Bryan Peeples
Peeples is territory manager for Heartland Payment Systems and President and CEO of Peeples Consulting. He claims to be a fiscal conservative and proponent of small, limited government. To that end, he has promised to introduce term limit legislation if elected.
James Beretta
Beretta is a physician in Pelham, Alabama. Beretta is running on a no-corruption platform. He claims to be fed up with the inner workings of D.C. and that Luther Strange does not deserve the seat. Beretta promises to fight corruption in the capital.
Joseph Breault
Breault is a chaplain at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, but other than that, not much is known. Breault has declined to speak with reporters about his campaign on calls because he was on duty, and he has kept a very low profile.
Mary Maxwell
Maxwell moved from Australia to Alabama upon hearing of the open seat in the US Senate. Prior to that, she has had no connection with Alabama, but has ran for Congress in New Hampshire.
Democrats
Doug Jones
Jones is a former US Attorney and is best known here for prosecuting Klan members that killed 4 young girls in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing of 1963. He claims Alabama has been embarrassed in national news and vows to fix that. He also promises to fix, not repeal Obamacare.
Michael Hansen
Hansen is an environmentalist and a self-acclaimed progressive. Hansen is the first openly gay man to seek statewide office in Alabama. He supports a single-payer, healthcare for all system and vows to fight for that in Washington.
Robert Kennedy, Jr.
No, not that RFK Jr. Kennedy is not connected to the Kennedy political dynasty, but instead is a self-acclaimed fiscally responsible Democrat. He vows to fix Obamacare and create new investments in infrastructure, such as repairing highways and spreading rural broadband.
Jason Fisher
Fisher is from Orange Beach where he serves as VP for a marketing company. He believes that the people of Alabama have lost their confidence in our elected officials, and promises to break that trend by listening to our citizens rather than providing a rubber stamp for any and all policies proposed.
Will Boyd
Boyd is a minister from North Alabama that also sought to join Congress in 2016, running against Mo Brooks. Boyd believes he can work with President Trump on a pro-growth agenda and promises to push for growth in public works jobs here at home and nationwide.
Vann Caldwell
Caldwell is a constable in Talladega. He says his first priority will be to grow the economy if elected. He also says that Republicans are incapable of implementing a working healthcare system, and that he will gladly work with other Democrats to come up with a plan.
Nana Tchienkou
Also known as Charles Nana, Nana is a business consultant from Jefferson County that also ran for Senate in 2016, but lost in the Democratic Primary. He believes in raising the minimum wage, free college education, and a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
The primary for the Senate Special Election will be August 15. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote in one of the primaries, a runoff for that party will be held September 26 between the two that received the most votes in the primary. The general election will be December 12. Check your voter registration or find your polling place here. Learn more about the candidates at their website, which is linked to their names above.
