Katie Britt, a former top aide to Sen. Richard Shelby, defeated Rep. Mo Brooks in Alabama’s Republican Senate primary runoff after a campaign rocked by former President Trump switching his endorsement over his 2020 election fraud claims.
Mrs. Britt, 40, defeated Mr. Brooks, 68, after leading by double digits in recent polls.
News outlets quickly called the race with less than 10% of the vote counted and Mrs. Britt leading Mr. Brooks 66% to 34%.
She now faces Democrat Will Boyd in the November race to fill the Senate seat left open by the retiring Mr.