April 5, 2021 Group Watch: April Weaver Wins Senate Special Election Primary
April Weaver, a former state representative and ex-Trump administration official, handily won the special election Republican primary for a central Alabama Senate seat over two other contenders. Weaver, who left the legislature in May 2020 to become Regional Director for region IV of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the Trump administration, won the special election with 82 percent of the vote. Weaver defeated Republicans Donna Strong, who received 11 percent of the vote, and Joseph Barlow, who received 7 percent of the vote.
