# Jeff Sessions is running for his old Alabama Senate seat.

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 6, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeff-sessions-is-running-for-his-old-alabama-senate-seat/843096 "2019-11-06T22:49:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeff-sessions-is-running-for-his-old-alabama-senate-seat/843096/21 "2019-11-08T13:43:04Z")

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Tuberville seems to have the lead in [sparse polling that exists so far](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_Senate_election_in_Alabama#Polling). None of the polls included Jeff Sessions.

I don’t think Roy Moore is going to be a factor this time. Even in the primary.

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**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeff-sessions-is-running-for-his-old-alabama-senate-seat/843096/22 "2019-11-08T14:50:18Z")

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> [@Lance\_Turbo](#):
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> Tuberville hasn’t been mentioned yet in this thread. He is running for the seat and is known and loved statewide for coaching Auburn to five SEC championships.

But is he loved by fans of Alabama? Could having coached at Auburn be a negative for fans of the Crimson Tide?

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**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeff-sessions-is-running-for-his-old-alabama-senate-seat/843096/23 "2019-11-08T16:42:06Z")

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> [@BobLibDem](#):
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> But is he loved by fans of Alabama? Could having coached at Auburn be a negative for fans of the Crimson Tide?

I don’t know enough to know for sure, but my guess is football coach trumps namby pamby politician in a non-football context regardless of school for a bunch of folks. I could certainly be wrong.

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeff-sessions-is-running-for-his-old-alabama-senate-seat/843096/24 "2019-11-08T16:52:14Z")

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I’m definitely thinking “good ol’ boy football coach turned easily-pliable Senator” is far more appealing to McConnell than “grizzled veteran of the highest stakes, this time with a possible grudge”.

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