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Democrat Doug Jones won a remarkable upset victory over controversial rival Roy Moore in the diehard Republican state of Alabama on Tuesday to win election to the US Senate.
By a margin of 49.5 to 48.9 with 91% of precincts reporting, Jones dealt a major blow to Donald Trump and his efforts to pass tax reform on Capitol Hill. Jones was able to become the first Democrat in a decade to win any statewide office in Alabama by beating Moore, who had faced multiple allegations of sexual assault during a campaign which exposed Republican party faultlines.
The Democratic victory will reduce the Republican majority in the Senate to 51-49 once Jones takes his seat on Capitol Hill. This significantly reduces the margin for error as Republicans attempt to push through a major corporate tax cut.
takyon: The final count is:
Doug Jones - 671,151 votes (49.9%)
Roy Moore - 650,436 votes (48.4%)
Write-ins (total) - 22,819 votes (1.7%)
The margin for an automatic recount in Alabama is 0.5%. Roy Moore has yet to concede.
(Score: 5, Touché) by Thexalon on Wednesday December 13 2017, @09:03PM (1 child)
They go back way further than that, as a Roman politician [wikipedia.org] like yourself should know.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Sulla on Wednesday December 13 2017, @09:07PM
Hey now those proscriptions were perfectly valid and necessary to save the Republic
*Adds Thexalon to the list
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam