2020 election

Jeff Sessions

U.S. SENATE

 Jeff Sessions

Senate candidate Jeff Sessions at Birmingham news conference on June 24, 2020. (Source. Sam Prickett)

Age: 73.

Residence: Mobile.

Political/professional experience: U.S. attorney for Southern District of Alabama, 1981-1993; Alabama attorney general, 1995-1997; U.S. Senate, 1997- 2017; U.S. attorney general, February 2017 to November 2018.

Education: Huntingdon College; University of Alabama School of Law.

Main issues: Controlling the nation’s borders, including a zero-tolerance policy on immigration policies; breaking U.S. dependence on China; defending religious liberty; opposing socialist programs and moral relativism; continuing to support the programs of President Trump.

Campaign: Jeff Sessions for Senate on Facebook, Jeff Sessions for U.S. Senate.

Contributors: Session took in $439,374 during the reporting period covering April 1 to June 24 and had a cash balance of $500,331 at the end of the period. Sessions came into the race with $2.48 million left over from his previous campaigns for the Senate. He has raised $2.06 million during the current election cycle. He spent $688,639 during the latest period and $4.44 million overall on the race. Contributors of $5,000 or more were:

$10,000

Common Values PAC, Alexandria, VA; Continuing Americas Strength & Security, Baton Rouge, LA; Defend America PAC, Tuscaloosa; DVA/HC PAC, Mobile; Fund for a Conservative Future PAC, Washington, DC; Honeywell International PAC, Washington, DC; JONI PAC, Des Moines, IA; Making Business Excel PAC, Cheyenne, WY; Marsha PAC, Brentwood, TN; Nebraska Sandhills PAC, Alexandria, VA; Protective Life Corp. Fed. PAC, Birmingham; Radiance Technologies Inc. PAC, Huntsville; Reclaim America PAC, Alexandria, VA; Regions Financial Corp. Federal PAC, Birmingham; Rely on Your Beliefs PAC, Washington, DC; Republican Majority Fund PAC, Alexandria, VA; Torch Technologies Inc. PAC, Huntsville.

$8,400

Brett, John M., Orange Beach; Brett, William C., Gulf Shores, AL; Bryant, Paul W., Tuscaloosa; Maisel, E. B., Mobile; Miers, Gina S., Tuscaloosa; Nelson, Deborah R., Saraland; Robinson, William T., Orange Beach; Russell, Robert J., Birmingham.

$8,100

Drinkard, Roy H., Cullman.

$7,900

Sexton, William Britt, Decatur.

$7,800

Smith, Linda J., Huntsville; Templeton, Jean Wessel, Huntsville; Thornton, Steven, Huntsville.

$7,600

Rogers, Ed, Washington, DC.

$7,500

Airbus Group PAC, Herndon, VA; Arkansas For Leadership PAC, Alexandria, VA; Dakota PAC, Bismarck, ND.

$6,600

Maisel, N. W., Mobile.

$6,234

BL Harbert Employees PAC, Birmingham.

$5,600

Almon, Robert N., Tuscaloosa; Amos, Richard W., Huntsville; Ard, Gary, Mountain Brook; Baker, Leslie M., Winston-Salem, NC; Barbour, Haley, Yazoo City, MS; Bashinsky, Joann F., Birmingham; Booth, Barry L., Spanish Fort; Brett, Thomas E., Orange Beach; Burkes, Herbie, Centreville; Collazo, Carmen A ., Huntsville; Collazo, Francisco, Birmingham; Collazo, Francisco J., Huntsville; Collazo, Francisco L., Madison; Collazo, Rosana, Scottsboro; Cooper, Charles, Bonita Springs, FL;

Cutrona, Danielle, Washington, DC; Delponte, Reggie D., Newport Beach, CA; Corum, Van, Huntsville; Doherty, Don P., Waynesboro, MS; Drummond, Segal E. Jr., Mountain Brook; Fine, Joseph Lloyd, Montgomery; Forney, Elizabeth, San Diego, CA; Forney, Scott, San Diego, CA; Fuller, Michael D., Mountain Brook; Gorrie, Miller M., Birmingham; Hammer, George S., Samson; McKibbens, Anna Laurie Bryant, Tuscaloosa; McMahon, John J. , Birmingham; McMickle, John, Washington, DC;

Methvin, Thomas J., Montgomery; Miley, O.B. II. Muscle Shoals; Otis, William, Falls Church, VA; Parker, Tim , Tuscaloosa; Pulliam, Chad B., Killen; Remington, James A., Henrico, VA; Robinson, William T., Orange Beach; Russell, June F., Mountain Brook; Scott, Isaac, Opelika; Scott, Rhonda, Opelika; Siff, Andrew M., Arlington, VA; Smith, Wayne T., Nashville, TN; Stedman, Betty Ann, Houston, TX; Stewart, Richard L., Birmingham; Strange, Luther J., Birmingham; Upton, Jason, Guntersville; Welch, Stewart H., Birmingham; Wilson, Daniel M., Huntsville; Wilson, William B., Montgomery.

$5,500

Carothers, Dr. William Russell, Winfield.

$5,300

Danley, Christopher D., Chevy Chase, MD; Hollyhand, Doug, Northport; Zell, Samuel, Chicago, IL.

$5,200

Carr, Deborah, Enterprise; Carr, Jerry N., Enterprise, AL; Carr, Rebecca, Enterprise; Rogers, Edward, Washington, DC.

$5,000

Alabama Power Co. Federal PAC, Birmingham; Bailey, William C., Arab; Baron, Robert, Huntsville; Bense, Kevin, Birmingham; Blue Cross Blue Shield of AL PAC, Montgomery; Bradley Arant Boult Cummings PAC, Birmingham; Branch Banking & Trust PAC, Winston-Salem, NC; CHS PAC, Franklin, TN; Citizens For Prosperity In America Today PAC America, Alexandria, VA; Dearborn, Ricky Allen, Alexandria, VA; Durham, Joseph E., Madison; Dynetics Inc. Political Action Committee, Huntsville;

Free State PAC, Lawrence, KS; Freedom Fund PAC, Washington, DC; General Atomics PAC, San Diego, CA; Kirkpatrick, Michael A., Huntsville; Kretzschmar, Richard W., Huntsville; Lessmann, Kurt M., Madison; Let’s Get To Work PAC, Monroe, NC; Luquire, Hans, Montgomery; McCarter, Angela Gunderman, Huntsville; Miller, Don W., Huntsville; Next Century Fund PAC, Alexandria, VA; Pitts, D. Frank, Madison; Raytheon PAC, Lexington, MA; Ripps, Harold W., Birmingham; Roberts, Richard Y., Fairfax, VA; Strategy PAC, Beverly, MA; Suntrust PAC, Richmond, VA; The Travelers Companies Inc. PAC, Hartford, CT; Thornton, Steven L., Huntsville; Vulcan Materials PAC, Birmingham.