<P> A special election for the United States Senate in Alabama is scheduled for December 12 , 2017 , to choose former Senator Jeff Sessions 's successor for the term through January 3 , 2021 . Sessions resigned from the Senate in February 2017 to serve as U.S. Attorney General . Governor Robert J. Bentley chose Luther Strange , the Attorney General of Alabama , to succeed Sessions , filling the seat until the special election takes place . Although he had the power to schedule an election in 2017 , Bentley initially decided to align it with the 2018 general election , before Kay Ivey , his successor , later moved the date up to December 12 , 2017 , scheduling the primary for August 15 and primary runoff for September 26 . </P>
<P> A special election for the United States Senate in Alabama is scheduled for December 12 , 2017 , to choose former Senator Jeff Sessions 's successor for the term through January 3 , 2021 . Sessions resigned from the Senate in February 2017 to serve as U.S. Attorney General . Governor Robert J. Bentley chose Luther Strange , the Attorney General of Alabama , to succeed Sessions , filling the seat until the special election takes place . Although he had the power to schedule an election in 2017 , Bentley initially decided to align it with the 2018 general election , before Kay Ivey , his successor , later moved the date up to December 12 , 2017 , scheduling the primary for August 15 and primary runoff for September 26 . </P>
when is the senate run off in alabama
when is the senate run off in alabama
December 12 , 2017
December 12 , 2017