2017 AL US Senate/2018 AL Governors Election -Walter Maddox

[nkpolitics1212]

Walter Maddox should seek the Democratic nomination for AL Governor in 2018 instead of the US Senate in 2017. In AL a top tier Democrat has a better chance becoming Governor than US Senator. If Maddox-D is elected Governor in 2018 and wins re-election in 2022 and his high job approval ratings in his 2nd term as Governor, he can then seek the Democratic nomination for the US Senate in 2026. Whoever wins the 2017 AL US Senate Special Election will have to face re-election to a full term in 2020 and again in 2026. If a Democrat wins in 2017, loses in 2020, Maddox can challenge the first term GOP US Senator.

[yallerdawg]

1. I'm for him getting into a hotly contested state-wide election now.

Just for name recognition, experience and messaging.

Roy Moore is the favorite, Strange has Bentley baggage - and you know no ambitious state Democrat would have ever challenged Sessions.

This could be a springboard - for the Alabama Democratic Party, too.

[nkpolitics1212]

2. If Maddox gets elected to the US Senate in 2017 like the way Scott Brown got elected in 2009,

He will have to face re-election for a full 1st 6 year term in 2020, He could lose in 2020 due to Trump's coattails.
If Maddox gets elected Governor in 2018, he has the power to veto any Republican gerrymandering for the 2020 census.
AL Democrats is better selecting a conservative Democrat like Bobby Bright or Bud Cramer to run against Roy Moore in 2017.