Alabama US Senate race: Who's in, who's out ahead of today's qualifying deadline

[yallerdawg]

Alabamians will soon be electing a new U.S. Senator.

Democrats

Michael Hansen - Hansen is the executive director of Alabama environmental advocacy group Gasp.

Doug Jones - Jones is a former U.S. Attorney who is now in private practice.

Robert Kennedy Jr. - Kennedy lives in Mobile, according to the paperwork he filed with the State Democratic party.

Jason Fisher - Fisher, of Orange Beach, is the vice president and senior consultant at Ruffalo Noel Levitz, a direct marketing company

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/05/deadline_today_for_us_senate_r.html

For those who say we should stay True Blue and run progressive, liberal Democrats in the South, meet Michael Hansen:

Openly gay environmentalist running for Senate in Alabama: 'It's a long shot we have to take.'

Michael Hansen, the openly gay executive director of Alabama environmental advocacy group Gasp, announced on social media that he is seeking the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Luther Strange and vacated in January by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

"Let's not kid ourselves, this is a long shot ," Hansen wrote in the blog post announcing his candidacy. " I'm 35, gay, and a Democrat -- but it's one we have to take."

"It's pretty clear to me that it's not a Democrat or Republican problem, a liberal or conservative problem, but it's a problem of [electing] the same old politicians over and over again," Hansen said. "I think people are tired of holding their nose and they want someone to vote for rather than someone to vote against."

On his campaign crowdfunding web site, Hansen said he supports universal health care, as well as policies to streamline immigration, mitigate climate change, advance renewable energy, acknowledge and deal with systemic racism, and a federal law to "protect LGBTQ people from discrimination in employment, education, housing, public accommodations, and more."

[nycbos]

1. Alabama won't elect a Democrat state wide much lesss a progressive.

Definitely won't elect someone who is gay.

They don't like book learnin