Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions might be interested in jumping into the race for his old Senate seat, but some Republicans are throwing cold water on the idea.
Sessions, who represented Alabama in the US Senate from 1997 until he became President Donald Trump's first attorney general in 2017, is giving the race a look, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN on Monday. He would need to make a decision by November 8. But Sessions has not discussed the race with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, nor has McConnell encouraged Sessions to run, according to one GOP source familiar with McConnell's thinking.
Read MoreIt's also unclear how Sessions would fare in light of President Donald Trump's past attacks on his former attorney general for his handling of the Mueller investigation. Trump remains extremely popular in Alabama, and he"will 100% go after Jeff Sessions" if Sessions runs, the second GOP source predicted.
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