Poll finds conservative with huge lead over Trump-backed Alabama candidate
By Max Greenwood - 08/20/17 05:02 PM EDT
Roy Moore has a nearly 20-point lead over Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.), the candidate backed by President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in Alabama's Senate special election, according to a new poll.
The survey conducted by JMC Analytics and Polling found the former chief justice of Alabama's Supreme Court with 51 percent support, compared to 32 percent for Strange.
The two will face one another in a runoff election to be the GOP nominee on Sept. 26.
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