A handful of Senate seats were basically decided when the state’s dominant party chose its nominee in the primary. Those races will send two House members, a former Senate chief of staff and a state attorney general to the Senate. Here are the details:
Alabama
Britt sails in Alabama: Republican Katie Britt will succeed her former boss, retiring Sen. Richard C. Shelby, as Alabama’s next senator. Britt, who won the GOP nomination after a runoff against outgoing Rep. Mo Brooks, was declared the winner by The Associated Press at 8 p.m. Eastern time, when polls closed. Britt was endorsed by former President Donald Trump after he rescinded his initial endorsement of Brooks. She will be the first female senator elected from the Yellowhammer State, although the state has had two women senators who were appointed. At 40, Britt will be one of the youngest members of the Senate.
