The contest pitted former Alabama senator and Trump Attorney General Jeff Sessions against Rep. Bradley Byrne and political newcomer Tommy Tuberville, a former Auburn University football coach.
The Alabama Republican U.S. Senate primary is headed for a runoff, NBC News projected early Wednesday morning.
Sessions and Tuberville will face each other in a runoff later this month. They finished as the top two candidates, and neither reached 50%. Tuesday's primary contest pitted former Alabama senator and Trump Attorney General Jeff Sessions against Rep. Bradley Byrne and political newcomer Tommy Tuberville, a former Auburn University football coach.
"I will fight for Alabama every day, and we will win the Republican nomination on March 31," Sessions told supporters,The Republicans were all competing for the chance to run against vulnerable Democratic Sen. Doug Jones, widely considered the most endangered senator up for reelection.
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