While Senator Strange has to be one of the more…interesting monikers for a sitting U.S. Senator, he’s no superhero-y Doctor Strange. For now, he’s simply a placeholder until former Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions’ successor is elected later this year. So, who are the hopefuls? Well, like some other previous special elections held earlier this year to replace members plucked from Congress to serve in the Trump Administration, the field is cluttered:

• James Beretta, physician
• Joseph F. Breault, Air Force chaplain and nominee for the Utah House of Representatives in 2016
• Randy Brinson, gastroenterologist and activist
• Mo Brooks, U.S. Representative
• Mary Maxwell, candidate for NH-02 in 2006
• Roy Moore, former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and candidate for Governor in 2006 and 2010
• Bryan Peeples, businessman
• Trip Pittman, State Senator
• Luther Strange, incumbent U.S. Senator

And amid this jumbled mix, the top three contenders reportedly are…drum roll please:

Judge Roy Moore

• Moore is a former Alabama Supreme Court justice, and a self-described constitutional conservative and defender of religious freedom
• He’s infamous for his refusal to remove a plaque of the Ten Commandments and to cease prayers before his court sessions
• He was removed from office by voters in 2003, but won election again in 2012
• He was suspended in 2016 for rejecting the SCOTUS’ ruling on same-sex marriage and eventually resigned
• Moore graduated West Point in 1969