Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange will take Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status White House officials voted by show of hands on 2018 family separations: report MORE’s open Senate seat now that he has been confirmed to head the Justice Department under President Trump, Politico reported.

Gov. Robert Bentley (R) is expected to announce the appointment on Thursday, multiple GOP sources told the outlet.

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A special election will be held in November 2018, followed by the regularly scheduled election in November 2020. Strange had previously announced his plans to run for the position.

Strange previously ran for lieutenant governor in Alabama but lost the election.

According to the report, Alabama Republicans tried to derail Strange’s appointment because the attorney general was allegedly investigating Bentley over a sex scandal.