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Roy Moore, Culture Warrior, Will Be Favored To Be The Next U.S. Senator From Alabama

The former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice could give leaders of his own Republican Party plenty of headaches if he wins the general election in December. The first blow came Tuesday.
Roy Moore has been in the public eye for almost two decades amid several controversies while on the Alabama Supreme Court.

After winning Tuesday night's Alabama GOP Senate primary runoff, Roy Moore is one step closer to the United States Senate. The anti-establishment conservative could give Republican leaders plenty of headaches if he wins the general election in December.

The former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, Moore has been in the public eye for almost two decades amid a number of controversies in that time, including his removal from the bench and a separate suspension. One thing he has never shied away from is his devout religious beliefs and the conviction that faith should be integrated into the public square and with the law.

Moore has to defeat Democrat Doug Jones, a former U.S. attorney, to

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