CLEVELAND, Ohio – There was no consensus candidate for the Republican presidential nomination back when U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions endorsed the eventual party nominee, Donald Trump, at the end of February.
Two days after Sessions’ endorsement, however, the state went big for Trump. Despite visits from his opponents at the time — Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Marco Rubio (Florida) and Ben Carson — no one came close to competing with Trump in Alabama.
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