term.

He campaigned as an anti-establishment conservative largely aligned with President Trump's wing of the Republican Party. Trump had endorsed Strange in state's GOP primary, while former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon backed Moore.

Moore is likely to win the general election in December, despite efforts by establishment Republicans to foil his victory in the runoff against Strange.

Moore has railed against the GOP establishment and the failure of the Republican-controlled Congress to fulfill key parts of the Trump's agenda, and he has vowed to "end Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGraham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Trump puts Supreme Court fight at center of Ohio rally The Memo: Dems face balancing act on SCOTUS fight MORE’s reign as majority leader."

Scarborough, a former Republican congressman,bill to legalize medical marijuana to relieve symptoms for certain conditions. The bill met opposition in the House, and lawmakers changed it to create the study commission.

Alice Slocumb of Alexander City told the commission about her son, James Lovejoy, 37, who suffers from a congenital rheumatic spinal condition that causes extreme pain.

“There is no cure. There is no conventional treatment that really helped James at all. The only option given to him was strong, addictive pain killers, which he would not take,” Slocumb said.

Slocumb said her son’s condition worsened after he graduated from Georgia Tech and began his career as a CPA. She said it reached the point where he worked flat on his back in his office because that position gave him relief.

Her son and his wife