Alabama attorney general favored to succeed Sessions

Published February 8, 2017 10:45pm ET



Alabama Governor Robert Bentley is expected to move very quickly to appoint someone to fill the U.S. Senate seat that will be left vacant after Sen. Jeff Sessions is confirmed as attorney general Wednesday evening.

The GOP governor hasn’t announced his decision, but political analysts are predicting he’ll appoint the state’s Republican attorney general, Luther Strange, nicknamed “Big Luther,” to fill the post until a special election is held next year.

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