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But Alabama insiders say neither of those two candidates is formidable enough to easily defeat Moore, especially in a primary in which 50.1 percent or more will be needed to avoid a runoff.
Two other politicians seen as credible — Lt. Gov.Newport Cigarettes Shop Will Ainsworth and Rep. Gary Palmer — have declined to run. Ainsworth Newport Cigarettes Shop shut the door definitively two months ago, but Palmer has not.
“I would hope that there would be stronger viable candidates. Gary Palmer would be the preference,” said Hatton Smith, a Republican businessman who has chaired fundraising efforts for mainstream candidates in the past.
