A new Alabama News Daily/Cygnal poll gives Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) a 41% to 18% lead over Katie Britt (R), former chief of staff to the retiring Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) in the Republican U.S. Senate race.

Former congressional candidate Jessica Taylor (R) receives 3% and former U.S. Ambassador Lynda Blanchard (R) receives 2%.

Jessica Taylor (R) announced a run for Alabama’s open Senate seat with a video where she makes her opposition to Vice President Kamala Harris the centerpiece of her pitch, saying she would be “Kamala’s worst nightmare.”

Taylor also mispronounces Kamala, which is often a dogwhistle.

“If receiving contributions from Alabama voters shows a candidate’s strength in a race, then Katie Britt’s (R) bid to become the state’s next U.S. Senator has harnessed never-before-seen horsepower,” Yellowhammer News reports.

“Britt, a first-time candidate for public office, raised a whopping $2.24 million during the most recent fundraising period.”

“Britt reached her milestone total in only 23 days. No candidate for office in Alabama has ever raised as much in that short amount of time.”

Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) is backing his former chief of staff Katie Boyd Britt in the race to succeed him in the Senate, siding against former President Donald Trump’s favored candidate, Rep. Mo Brooks, Politico reports.

Said Shelby: “She’s like family. She’d make a good candidate. She’s probably the best-qualified candidate to come along in a long time. I’d support her, I’d vote for her.”

A campaign email from Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) “used his wife’s experience getting served with a lawsuit meant for him to solicit donations from supporters,” the Alabama Political Reporter reports.

Reads the subject line of the email: “They Came After My Wife.”

Katie Britt (R) announced her candidacy for Alabama’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2022 under the banner of “Christian conservative,” reports the Alabama Political Reporter.

CNN: “Katie Boyd Britt, the president and CEO of the Business Council of Alabama, is expected to jump into the Alabama Senate race next month as some Republicans in the state seek an alternative to Rep. Mo Brooks, who has already earned former President Donald Trump’s endorsement.”

Alabama Political Reporter: “In what may be a preview of the contentious upcoming U.S. Senate race in Alabama, candidate Lynda Blanchard (R) called out Congressman and Senate hopeful Mo Brooks (R) for his hypocrisy, citing numerous examples of him accepting campaign contributions from groups she says are aligned with ‘woke’ ideals and progressive agendas.”

“Blanchard gave a partial list of the contributions Brooks accepted, which includes Coca-Cola, Microsoft, and NBCUniversal, which owns left-leaning cable outlet MSNBC.”

“The release also notes that in addition to accepting money from Mitt Romney, Brooks’ only federal campaign contribution before 2010, was to Romney.”

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL), seeking to win a seat in the U.S. Senate next year, received his first endorsement Tuesday from a sitting member of the Senate, Sen Rand Paul (R-KY), AL.com reports.

“Former President Donald Trump is endorsing Rep. Mo Brooks in the Alabama Senate race, a nod that could dramatically reshape next year’s GOP primary for the state’s open seat,” Politico reports.

“In a state where Trump received more than 60 percent of the vote, his endorsement was widely sought after. Brooks and his rival, businesswoman Lynda Blanchard, had aggressively lobbied for the former president’s backing.”

Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) announced she would not run for the U.S. Senate seat Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) is leaving after 2022, the Alabama Media Group reports.

“Sewell, who has represented Alabama’s 7th District for a decade and is the only Democrat in the state’s Congressional delegation, had previously said she would ‘look very closely’ at running for the open seat.”

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) “announced he will run for Senate next year, a confirmation of his rising Republican profile as a fierce fighter for former President Donald Trump,” AL.com reports.

Associated Press: “Brooks has been criticized, and two House Democrats have proposed he be censured by Congress for his fiery speech at the pro-Trump rally before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.”

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) will announce Monday his run for Senate alongside former Trump aide Stephen Miller, who has been advising him.

When asked if Donald Trump is supportive of the Senate run, Brooks told CNN: “I think that’s for him to announce at the appropriate time.”

“Former President Donald Trump is making official his plans to target Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, vowing to travel to Alaska to campaign against her ahead of the 2022 midterm elections,” Politico reports.

Said Trump: “I will not be endorsing, under any circumstances, the failed candidate from the great State of Alaska, Lisa Murkowski. She represents her state badly and her country even worse. I do not know where other people will be next year, but I know where I will be — in Alaska campaigning against a disloyal and very bad Senator.”

Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) said she expects to make a decision “very soon” about whether she will run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Richard Shelby in 2022, The 19th reports.

“Sewell is the first Black woman elected to Congress from Alabama and the only Democrat in the state’s House delegation.”

“Former Ambassador to Slovenia Lynda Blanchard this week released a statement indicating that she likely will run for the U.S. Senate seat set to be vacated in 2023 when Republican Alabama Senator Richard Shelby retires at the end of his term,” the Alabama Political Recorder reports.

Former Trump adviser Cliff Sims is considering a run for Alabama’s open Senate seat, Politico reports.

Sims departed the White House in 2018 after working in the communications office and published Team of Vipers, a bestselling memoir that documented his experiences in the White House and detailed staff infighting.

Trump attacked the book upon its release, describing Sims as a “low-level staffer” and “gofer” whom he “hardly knew.”