Alabama Defects Mitch McConnell (full)

Sen. Luther Strange into a runoff with conservative jurist Roy Moore for the right to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s old seat.Strange was endorsed by President Trump, the National Rifle Association and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s super PAC, which spent $2.5 million on TV ads to boost him in Tuesday’s primary. Moore told his supporters: “This is a great victory. The attempt by the silk-stocking Washington elitists to control the vote of the people of Alabama has failed.”WINNERS Roy Moore: Strange got the support of the president and the Senate majority leader. Brooks got the support of big-name conservatives including Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter.Moore got the most votes in Alabama. WP