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Runoff looms in Demo runoff for attorney general

By Runoff needed in Demo A-G race, Stange beats Troy King

Montgomery, Al – - It will be six more weeks before the
Democratic Party candidate for Alabama attorney general is decided.
Birmingham lawyer Luther Strange will be the Republican
nominees. Strange defeated incumbent Troy King in the Republican
Primary Tuesday.
But in the Democratic Primary, Montgomery lawyer James Anderson
received just under 50 percent of the vote in a three candidate
field and will face Birmingham attorney Giles Perkins in a July 13
runoff.
Perkins is the former executive director of the Alabama
Democratic Party.
Strange will face the winner of the Democratic runoff in the
Nov. 2 general election.