Voters are heading back to the polls tomorrow in Montgomery. There's a runoff election to see who will represent the Democratic party for the District 26 senate seat race. The runoff is between sitting House member Kirk Hatcher and former representative John Knight.
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill said the runoff and general election will be well timed for the winner to take their place on the senate.
“The runoff will be on December the 15th and the general election will be held March the 2nd. The reason that’s so important is because the general session will begin in February and so this individual will only miss about a month of the legislative session before they are able to join the session in 2021,” he said.
Merrill said that the two candidates each bring something different to the table.
“Kirk Hatcher has been focusing on education primarily. Of course chairman Knight has been a staunch supporter of the budget over the years and he is recognized as the leader in financial areas in the legislature and so those are there two primary areas of concentration,” he said.
There were six Democrats originally on the ballot. The winner of this runoff will face the Republican William Green in the general election set for March 2. Merrill said Green is running for the first time and was unopposed in his primary.