Jeff Sessions not a lock for old Senate seat, pols say; Who might run? [View all]

From the moment he left the Justice Department, talk about former U.S Attorney General Jeff Sessions has centered on the possibility of him running for his old seat in the Senate.

That doesn’t mean he’s a lock to win the seat back for Republicans, however, as Politico reported in an examination of the 2020 race.

Sessions’ main liability would be his strained relationship with President Trump, according to political insiders. Once one of the Trump’s key supporters, the two fell out after Sessions became AG and recused himself from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. What followed were two years of public criticism directed at Sessions.

Terry Lathan, chair of the Alabama Republican Party, told Politico Sessions is “beloved” in the state but the relationship between him and Trump could create an “unusual circumstance" if he does run.

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