U.S. Senate Special Election Voter Guide
Voters will go to the polls Aug. 15 to select party nominees for the U.S. Senate seat vacated earlier this year by now U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. BirminghamWatch, along with WBHM 90.3, Starnes Publishing, and the Trussville Tribune, are collaborating to offer this one-stop, interactive, non-partisan Voter Guide. Candidate profiles, campaign contributor lists and voter information are in the Voter Guide below. Republican Senate Candidate List and Profiles Democratic Senate Candidate List and Profiles League of Women Voters’ Vote411.org ID Needed at the Polls Verify Registration and Polling Place Absentee Ballots Research Campaign Financing Report a Problem at the Polls Developments in the Senate Race: Trump Sends Robocall for Strange in Alabama (Politico) Alabama GOP Senate Primary Gets Even Strange-er After Trump Intervention (New York Magazine) Trump's Choice in Alabama Senate Race is Struggling Ahead of Tuesday's Primary as Republican Loyalties Split (LA Times) Trump-Era Party Divisions Show in Alabama GOP Senate Race (Wall Street Journal) Crowded Field of Alabama Candidates Fight for Open Seat in Senate (Open Secrets) Alabama Senate Race Tests Trump, McConnell Reach (AP) Democrats Hope for a Comeback in the U.S. Senate Race (WBHM) )5 Questions as Alabama Casts Votes in U.S. Senate Primary) (Montgomery Advertiser) Low Voter Turnout Predicted in Today's Special U.S. Senate Race (Decatur Daily) What a Strange Trip It’s Been