WASHINGTON — An early favorite who had Donald Trump’s endorsement until the former president took it back, Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks lost a turbulent campaign for the Republican nomination for Senate on Tuesday.
The loss, in his second bid for the Senate, means Brooks’ 12-year career on Capitol Hill will end when the current Congress adjourns in January.
Brooks was the first House member to say he would object to a handful of states’ 2020 Electoral College votes, echoing Trump’s false claims that the election was stolen. During a controversial speech at the Jan. 6, 2021, rally near the White House before a pro-Trump mob attacked the Capitol, Brooks told the crowd to “start taking down names and kicking ass.”
