Candidate KatieBrittforAL ignores MoBrooks in final pitch to voters in Alabama Senate runoff
In front of lifelong friends, family, and extended family who packed a dining hall at McLin’s, a popular local catfish restaurant, Britt ticked off a laundry list of priorities she plans to address as the successor to retiring Sen. Richard Shelby : business deregulation and support for the domestic agriculture and energy industries, “standing with Israel" and"holding China accountable,” education reform, and bringing down inflation.
That was the only line Britt uttered more than once during an extemporaneous 10-minute speech that she capped off with a reminder to vote Tuesday and help her campaign maximize local participation in what was expected to be a low-turnout Senate runoff statewide. Britt needn’t worry. Recent public opinion polls were showing her leading Brooks even before Trump endorsed her June 10.
Brooks had been endorsed by Trump and was considered a shoo-in in Republican-leaning Alabama, among the most pro-Trump states in the country. But Brooks visited all 67 counties, chipping away at Brooks’s lead in the polls until she finally surpassed him earlier this year, prompting Trump to withdraw his endorsement of the congressman. Britt’s campaign eschewed interviews with the national press and focused instead on engagement with local media.
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