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posted by martyb on Wednesday December 13 2017, @08:06PM   Printer-friendly
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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.


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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday December 13 2017, @10:07PM (3 children)

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Wednesday December 13 2017, @10:07PM (#609428) Homepage Journal

    A lot, a lot of people THREW AWAY their votes. Because they did what they call a write in. They wrote in the name of somebody who wasn't a candidate. Somebody who lost. If they'd voted for Judge Roy Moore, they'd be voting for a WINNER.

    Judge Roy is asking for a recount, they're doing a recount. But it's very difficult, folks. Because the election was rigged very badly. It was rigged to it's very difficult to do a recount. With a lot of cyber voting. Which nobody understands. Cyber is complicated, it doesn't need to be so complicated. The cyber companies make it complicated so it's hard to understand. So folks will buy the support. And the election guys in Alabama said, "this cyber is too hard, let's just do the election and WIPE the records, like with a cloth or something." So maybe, probably, a lot of the election cyber got erased. How do you do the recount? It's very hard. But Roy wants a recount, and I'm behind him 100%. As I've always been.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 14 2017, @12:05AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 14 2017, @12:05AM (#609503)

    I understand that you're upset that he lost. Maybe if you ask him nice he'll still get you some dates.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 14 2017, @12:43AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 14 2017, @12:43AM (#609513)

      Or hit up Jeff Epstein [wikipedia.org] again. He's out of prison.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 14 2017, @03:36PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 14 2017, @03:36PM (#609711)

        Or hit up Jeff Epstein [wikipedia.org] again. He's out of prison.

        Hide yo kids! Hide yo wif- Hm, okay just hide yo kids, then.