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Tuberville, Sessions head to runoff for Republican US Senate nomination

The former football coach and former US Attorney General will face off for the nomination.
Credit: AP
Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Tuberville, right, watches election returns and works on his speech in the main house at Auburn Oaks Farm, the site of his election party, Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Notasulga, Ala. Tuberville is in a tight race with seven competitors for the Senate seat. (Joe Songer/The Birmingham News via AP)

ALABAMA, USA — President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden have easily won their party's presidential primaries in Alabama. 

And former football coach Tommy Tuberville has forced former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions into a runoff for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination. Tuberville led Sessions as the two advanced out of a seven-person field in the GOP primary Tuesday. 

Alabama voters also defeated a proposal to abolish the elected, eight-member state school board and replace it with an appointed commission. 

According to the Alabama Secretary of State's website, the primary election runoff will be March 31.

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