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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, a Democrat, scored an upset in 2017 over Republican Roy Moore.
He was the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from Alabama in 25 years.
Jones’s seat is up for election in 2020 and Republicans want it back.
Jones’s win in 2017 was shaped by a number of factors, including an opponent weakened by a scandal and lots of out of state money.
Republican voters didn’t turn out for Republican Roy Moore in the numbers they gave either Donald Trump in 2016 or Gov. Kay Ivey in 2018.
The GOP expects to change that in 2020.
Mobile-area U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne is the first declared Republican challenger to Jones. Byrne was in Huntsville Friday.
“We’re pro-life in Alabama, we can’t get pro-life bills through Congress,” he said. “We’re for building the wall in Alabama, we can’t get building the wall through the Congress. We’re for the 2nd Amendment and people’s gun rights in Alabama and we’ve got folks trying to take our gun rights away.”
Byrne said Jones is out of step with those values.
“We’ve got Senator Jones voting against Judge Kavanaugh, and we’re for Donald Trump in Alabama. We’ve got people like Senator Jones who are against Donald Trump.”
Challengers to U.S. Sen. Doug Jones starting to line up for 2020 election
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