<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> A special election for the United States Senate in Alabama is scheduled for December 12, 2017, to choose former Senator Jeff Sessions's successor for the term through January 3, 2021 . Sessions resigned from the Senate in February 2017 to serve as U.S. Attorney General . Governor Robert J. Bentley chose Luther Strange, the Attorney General of Alabama, to succeed Sessions, filling the seat until the special election takes place . Although he had the power to schedule an election in 2017, Bentley initially decided to align it with the 2018 general election, before Kay Ivey, his successor, later moved the date up to December 12, 2017, scheduling the primary for August 15 and primary runoff for September 26 . </P> <P> Doug Jones, a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, won the Democratic primary, while Roy Moore, a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, won the Republican primary, defeating incumbent U.S. senator Luther Strange in the primary runoff . </P>

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