This week’s primary runoffs had little luster. The Republican lieutenant governor nomination was the only marquee race yet to be decided until Luther Strange ran away with the win Tuesday night.
The governor’s race is settled and the only drama stemming from the June 6 primary was the refusal of Roy Moore to endorse his fellow Republican Bob Riley.
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