Alabama's new governor orders speedier election to fill Senate seat

By Bernie Woodall
(Reuters) – Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday moved up to December the election to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions after he was named attorney general, saying that the original plan to hold the election in late 2018 was not soon enough to meet state law.
Ivey last week replaced fellow Republican Robert Bentley as governor after he resigned amid impeachment proceedings in the legislature.
Bentley had appointed Republican Luther Strange in February to