President Trump said Saturday that he’ll be going to Alabama in a week to campaign for Sen. Luther Strange Luther Johnson StrangeSessions hits back at Trump days ahead of Alabama Senate runoff The biggest political upsets of the decade State 'certificate of need' laws need to go MORE (R) in the GOP runoff election for the state’s Senate seat.

“I will be in Huntsville, Alabama, on Saturday night to support Luther Strange for Senate. ‘Big Luther’ is a great guy who gets things done!” Trump tweeted Saturday.

I will be in Huntsville, Alabama, on Saturday night to support Luther Strange for Senate. "Big Luther" is a great guy who gets things done! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 16, 2017

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Trump had endorsed Strange in the initial primary for Attorney General 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 Senate seat, but Strange fell short of winning a majority of votes in the race against former state Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore.

Moore is leading in recent polls and has earned the backing of conservative figures like Sarah Palin, Stephen Bannon and Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.).

Moore led Strange by 14 points in a poll released earlier this week by Emerson College.