A gay Black man running for the Democratic nomination for an Alabama U.S. Senate seat next year is confident in his ability to win. However, Dakarai Larriett likely faces a tough general election race in the deep red state should he emerge victorious in next year’s primary.

Larriett, 43, lives in Montgomery, the state capital. He’s seeking the Senate seat that will be vacated by Republican Tommy Tuberville, who announced in May his intention to run for governor of the Yellowhammer State. Tuberville replaced Doug Jones, the last Democrat elected statewide in Alabama. Jones himself won the Senate seat in a squeaker 2017 special election against a Republican, Roy Moore, who’d been dogged by allegations he’d sexually assaulted minors.

Asked what makes him confident, Larriett, a former Whirlp

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