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Politics: Jones Wins Upset in Alabama Senate Race

posted by martyb on Wednesday December 13 2017, @08:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the It's-Fake-News-until-the-Fat-Man-Sings dept.

Fluffeh writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 13 2017, @10:06PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 13 2017, @10:06PM (#609426)

    "who had faced multiple allegations of sexual assault"

    i've only heard of him being accused of "dating" teenagers. he admits at least some of it and says it was always with parental consent. the laws used to be more lax in regard to age, as people used to get married earlier. you were expected to get out and take care of yourself. getting knocked up by some old loser was a meal ticket. if it were completely socially acceptable to "date" teenagers today, you would see a higher occurrence of it.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 13 2017, @10:14PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 13 2017, @10:14PM (#609435)

    i've only heard of him being accused of "dating" teenagers.

    https://qz.com/1147348/these-nine-women-have-accused-roy-moore-of-sexual-misconduct/ [qz.com]

    4 accusations of sexual assault, and the rest are harassment or dating.

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by MostCynical on Wednesday December 13 2017, @11:12PM (3 children)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Wednesday December 13 2017, @11:12PM (#609465) Journal

    "parental consent"

    So, it's okay, so long as the girls' parents agree?

    Isn't there a name for that?

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    "I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex