Washington (CNN) National Republicans are increasingly resigned to what they see as a grim reality in Alabama: They're stuck with Roy Moore.

After eight days of a Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell-led search for ways to get him out of an election that's just three weeks away, every option the GOP has considered now appears to be stymied.

The state's Republican governor, Kay Ivey, said Friday that she won't move the December 12 date of the special election to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions' former Senate seat and will vote for Moore. The Alabama Republican Party has also thrown its support behind Moore.

No last-ditch write-in bid is in the works, either -- nor does such a Hail Mary attempt appear viable. Pollsters for the Senate Republicans' campaign arm concluded this week that even Sessions couldn't win as a write-in candidate.

President Donald Trump's White House is showing no appetite to wade in and pressure Moore to exit the race or Ivey to move the election.

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