
House Armed Services Committee Member Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.) announced Feb. 20 his intent to run for Senate office in 2020, with the goal of unseating Alabama’s sole Democratic lawmaker, Sen. Doug Jones. Byrne, who was first sworn into Congress in 2013, made the announcement Wednesday in Mobile, Alabama. The Alabama primary is scheduled for March 3, 2020. As a HASC member, Byrne recently supported President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to fund more barrier construction at the U.S.-Mexico…