Sessions ‘taking a serious look’ at 2020 Senate run in Alabama

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Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reportedly contemplating a return to the Senate after President Trump fired him on Wednesday.

A source close to Sessions told CNN that the country’s former top law enforcement official isn’t ruling out running for his old seat in 2020 against Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala. Jones replaced Sessions in the Senate via a fierce special election last year against Republican candidate Roy Moore, whose almost assured victory was hindered by multiple women of sexual misconduct.

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