FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2017 file photo, U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore holds a news conference in Montgomery, Ala. The primary battle for Attorney General Jeff Sessions' old US Senate seat in Alabama has erupted into a heated GOP civil war. US Sen. Luther Strange is trying to hold on to the seat with the backing of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the president. Strange, appointed to replace Sessions, is trying to stave off US. Rep. Mo Brooks and Moore.
 (Mickey Welsh /The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)