Sessions had a very secure R. Senate seat, 5 months ago.
Is it still possible for him to jump into the primary of the Alabama special election?
How about running as an independent?
The Republican primary for that seat is less than a month away (August 15). The deadline to qualify for that was in May.
I think the options are to run as a write-in candidate for the primary, or to run as an independent.
According to the Alabama SOS website, cite, the deadline to file to run in the primary was May 17. The last day to file for “ballot access” as an independent in August 15. So I think probably yes, although I may be missing something on the chart.
The primary is on August 15. The major parties have already certified their candidates (D, R, (PDFs)) for the primary. So he’s out of luck there.
He could conceivably run as an independent or write-in. Not sure when the filing deadline for the general will be, but it’s generally (hehe) after the primary and any runoffs.
A related question: would Ted Cruz consider taking Sessions’ place as AG. Christ, I’m not sure which one would be worse: Beauregard, or John Ashcroft on steroids.
It’ll be interesting to see if Jeff takes that route.
His current position as AG seems a bit tenuous.
Both Cruz and Giuliani have made it clear they are not interested in taking the position should it become vacant.
Cruz’s middle finger to the Don. In a weird way, I’ve kinda had my moments where I’ve liked the Texan Teddy Bear. Those moments have been fleeting of course, but I’ve had them.
only 1 senator endorsed Trump before he essentially locked up the nomination. And that was Sessions.
Sessions view may be different if he rejoins the Senate. 
Jeff isn’t a guy I’d want angry with me. He’s an experienced Washington insider.
There might be a loophole to run as a Republican but a quick search didn’t get down into the state law about what happens if the Republican nominee withdraws after the primary. In Indiana, when Pence withdrew from the Governor’s race to run for VP the state party was allowed to select a replacement fro the general election. Again, I can’t see what Alabama’s process for withdrawals being replaced is. All of it presumes the nominee would withdraw to support Sessions taking his place.