Vice President Mike Pence's appearance will come a day before the Alabama Senate runoff election is scheduled to take place. Pence to campaign for Luther Strange next Monday

Vice President Mike Pence will campaign for Sen. Luther Strange next Monday in Alabama, a senior administration official and two top political operatives involved in the Alabama Senate race confirmed to POLITICO.

Pence’s appearance in Alabama will come a day before the runoff between Strange and former Alabama chief Judge Roy Moore. President Donald Trump tweeted over the weekend that he planned to hold a rally in Huntsville the Saturday before Pence’s appearance in support of Strange.


Pence will headline a get-out-the-vote rally for Strange.

Pence’s appearance underscores the last-minute boost the White House is trying to give Strange in a race where most recent polls have shown him trailing Moore.

Strange himself as well as a number of Senate Republicans have been urging the president and vice president to hold rallies for Strange. Trump in particular is key, as he enjoys sky-high approval ratings in Alabama. And Moore has pledged to be a thorn in Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's side should he win.



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