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'''Luther Strange''' is an interim [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] for the state of [[Alabama]]. He succeeded [[Jeff Sessions]], when [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] named Sessions as the [[United States Attorney General]].
'''Luther Johnson Strange, III''' is an interim [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] for the state of [[Alabama]]. He succeeded [[Jeff Sessions]], when [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] named Sessions as the [[United States Attorney General]].
"Big Luther" is 6 feet 9 inches tall, making him the tallest U.S. Senator in history.<ref>[http://www.rollcall.com/news/hoh/alan-simpson-is-no-longer-the-tallest-senator-and-hes-ok-with-that Alan Simpson Is No Longer the Tallest Senator, and He’s OK With That]</ref>
"Big Luther" is 6 feet 9 inches tall, making him the tallest U.S. Senator in history.<ref>[http://www.rollcall.com/news/hoh/alan-simpson-is-no-longer-the-tallest-senator-and-hes-ok-with-that Alan Simpson Is No Longer the Tallest Senator, and He’s OK With That]</ref>
Strange sought the Republican nomination for his seat in the special runoff election on September 26, 2017. He faced [[conservative]] [[Roy Moore]], a former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court who led in the balloting in the August primary. Despite massively outspending Moore in the primary,<ref>Poor, Jeff (September 27, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/27/analysis-137-per-vote-spent-luther-stranges-behalf-al-senate-race/ Analysis: Up to $137 Per Vote Spent on Luther Strange’s Behalf in AL Senate Race]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 27, 2017.</ref> Moore defeated Stange in the runoff.<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/26/live-updates-judge-roy-moores-grassroots-muscle-vs-luther-stranges-corporate-money-alabama-gop-senate-runoff/]</ref><ref>Kamisar, Ben (September 26, 2017). [http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/352552-moore-wins-gop-alabama-primary Moore wins Alabama primary]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved September 26, 2017.</ref>
Strange sought the Republican nomination for his seat in the special runoff election on September 26, 2017. He faced [[conservative]] [[Roy Moore]], a former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court who led in the balloting in the August primary. Despite massively outspending Moore in the primary,<ref>Poor, Jeff (September 27, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/27/analysis-137-per-vote-spent-luther-stranges-behalf-al-senate-race/ Analysis: Up to $137 Per Vote Spent on Luther Strange’s Behalf in AL Senate Race]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 27, 2017.</ref> Moore defeated Stange in the runoff.<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/26/live-updates-judge-roy-moores-grassroots-muscle-vs-luther-stranges-corporate-money-alabama-gop-senate-runoff/]</ref><ref>Kamisar, Ben (September 26, 2017). [http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/352552-moore-wins-gop-alabama-primary Moore wins Alabama primary]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved September 26, 2017.</ref>
==External links==
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001202 Profile] at the ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''
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