Alabama Features Highly Competitive GOP Governor, U.S. Senate Primaries

Alabama Features Highly Competitive GOP Governor, U.S. Senate Primaries
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey speaks at a news conference in Beauregard, Ala., on March 4, 2019. Vasha Hunt/AP Photo
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Alabama’s Republican primaries for governor and U.S. Senate on May 24 feature close races.

Democratic candidates rarely prevail in the state, with Alabama’s most recent Democratic governor elected in 1999. Meanwhile, the last time Alabama chose to send a Democrat to the Senate was in a 2017 special election when Republican Roy Moore lost by 1.7 percent after being accused of sexual misconduct.