{"id":23039,"date":"2026-05-20T18:17:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/barry-moore-and-jared-hudson-head-to-runoff-in-alabama-gop-senate-primary\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T18:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:17:06","slug":"barry-moore-and-jared-hudson-head-to-runoff-in-alabama-gop-senate-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/barry-moore-and-jared-hudson-head-to-runoff-in-alabama-gop-senate-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Barry Moore and Jared Hudson head to runoff in Alabama GOP Senate primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Alabama Rep. Barry Moore (R-Ala.) and ex-Navy SEAL Jared Hudson will advance to a runoff in Alabama\u2019s Republican Senate primary.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome amounts to a disappointing shutout for Attorney General Steve Marshall, who, despite a long tenure in elected office, was unable to overcome Hudson\u2019s nascent popularity and President Donald Trump\u2019s support for Moore.<\/p>\n<p>The race became unexpectedly competitive when a late surge in support for Hudson rocketed him into second place in public polling. That boost in popularity proved successful against Marshall\u2019s deep local ties to Republican politics.<\/p>\n<p>The seat became open when Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville announced he would not seek a second term in the Senate, instead opting to run for governor and return home to Alabama. Tuberville has not endorsed in the race that will determine his successor in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Moore won Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115913809230823901\" target=\"_blank\">early endorsement<\/a> in the race, which offered him a needed advantage in the deep-red state. Other notable GOP groups entered the fray behind Moore shortly thereafter, like the powerful super PAC Club for Growth. That\u2019s given the House Republican a significant upper hand in resources, despite having only a slight fundraising advantage over Marshall.<\/p>\n<p>The runoff election is scheduled for June 16.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alabama Rep. Barry Moore (R-Ala.) and ex-Navy SEAL Jared Hudson will advance to a runoff in Alabama\u2019s Republican Senate primary. The outcome amounts to a disappointing shutout for Attorney General Steve Marshall, who, despite a long tenure in elected office, was unable to overcome Hudson\u2019s nascent popularity and President Donald Trump\u2019s support for Moore. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}