Sessions “Seriously” Mulling Bid For Old Senate Seat

CBS News reports:

CBS News has learned former Attorney General Jeff Sessions is “seriously considering” a campaign to win back his former U.S. Senate seat, according to multiple people familiar with his thinking. A spokeswoman for Sessions declined to comment early Tuesday. His Washington-based attorney did not immediately return requests for comment.

“He is seriously considering a campaign,” said a Republican operative familiar with Sessions’s thinking, who stressed that whoever Republicans nominate is set to defeat Senator Doug Jones, Democrat of Alabama, widely considered to be the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent facing re-election next year given the GOP dominance of Alabama and strong support in the state for President Trump.

Sessions vacated the seat to become President Trump’s first attorney general. Mr. Trump, unhappy with Sessions’ recusal from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, ultimately forced him to resign the day after the 2018 midterm elections.