FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, file photo, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham speaks during an interview in Raleigh, N.C. The choice for North Carolina Democrats on a challenger to Republican Sen. Thom Tillis likely comes down to Cunningham, an Iraq War veteran with the backing of the party's establishment, or Erica Smith, an African-American woman trying to beckon the party's liberal wing. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
March 4, 2020
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Congressional primaries: Sessions in Alabama Senate runoff
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ bid for redemption evolved into a struggle for political survival as he was forced into a runoff for the Republican Senate nomination from Alabama, a seat he owned for 20 years before his rocky stay in the Trump administration.