Firebrand Roy Moore wins GOP primary runoff
Moore first gained notoriety when, as Alabama Supreme Court chief justice, he displayed a Ten Commandments monument in the state judicial building.
Roy Moore, the former Alabama chief justice who was twice removed from those duties by a judicial discipline panel after taking stands in favor of publicly displaying the Ten Commandments and against gay marriage, has had a political resurrection.
On September 26 he won the Alabama Republican primary runoff for U.S. Senate, defeating an appointed incumbent backed by both President Trump and deep-pocketed allies of Sen. Mitch McConnell. Moore clinched a nine-point victory over Sen. Luther Strange to take the GOP nomination for the seat previously held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The general election is December 12.
In his victory speech Moore said that he “never prayed to win this campaign” but only that “God’s will be done.” “We have to return the knowledge of God and the Constitution of the United States to the United States Congress.”
