Ex-Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville earns G
Former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville on Blaine Boyer Jersey Tuesday advanced to the general election in Alabama’s 2020 U.S. Senate race, defeating former Sen. andU.S. Attorney General Jeff Se sions in a Republican Party primary runoff.Tuberville moves on to faceDemocratic incumbent Doug Jones on Nov. 3.FLASHBACK: Tuesday’srunoff was needed because no candidatereceived 50 percent of the vote during the initial primary election on Super TuesdaylastMarch.This vote will bea blowout victory for Tuberville; hewas leading Se sions by 24 points (62 percent to 38 percent) with just over a third of the state’s districts reporting, .Se sions conceded late Tuesday and also appeared to announce his retirement from public service, .Tuberville has leaned into supportingPresident Donald Trump during his campaignfor the nomination, and the affection appears to be mutual. Trump endorsed Tuberville in the primary race, and the Trevor Cahill Jersey president tweeted his congratulations after Tuesday’s runoff was called for the former coach.Wow, just called! – Tommy Tuberville WON big against Jeff Se sions. Will be a GREAT Senator for the Raul Mondesi Jersey incredible people of Alabama. is a terrible Senator who is just a Super Liberal puppet for Schumer & Pelosi. Represents Alabama poorly. On to November 3rd. Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) Tuberville, 65, is a first-time politician, but his name recognition (and, just maybe, his support of Trump) makes up for that lack of experience. He coached the Tigers to 85 wins, seven of them against Alabama, in 10 seasons (1999-2008). He left the Plains after a 36-0 lo s to Nick () Saban’s Crimson Tide closed out a 5-7 season in 2008.Tuberville was also a head coach at Ole Mi s, Texas Tech and Cincinnati. Prior to that, he worked as Salvador Perez Jersey an a sistant at Miami (Fla.) during the Hurricanes’ dynasty years of the mid- to late 1980s and early 1990s.