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Politics: Jones Wins Upset in Alabama Senate Race

posted by martyb on Wednesday December 13 2017, @08:06PM   
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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• ''send congress to live a year in Liberia'' ''send congress to live a year in Liberia'' (Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 13 2017, @10:38PM (3 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 13 2017, @10:38PM (#609449)

  ...or to Trump's favorite country, Nambia. [google.com]

  "I am very smart." --Donald J. Trump, Sr. [google.com]

  "Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had." --William T. Kelley, Trump's marketing professor at Wharton [alternet.org]

  Professor Kelley told me 100 times over three decades that “Donald Trump was the dumbest [goddammed] student I ever had.” [...] Trump came to Wharton thinking he already knew everything.

  -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]

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• Re:''send congress to live a year in Liberia'' Re:''send congress to live a year in Liberia'' (Score: 2, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday December 14 2017, @02:14AM (2 children)

  by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Thursday December 14 2017, @02:14AM (#609550) Homepage

  That sounds exactly like the kind of shit a professor would say when one of his own students makes him look like a dumbass. Maybe Trump had too many street smarts to tolerate jargon and bullshit?

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  • Re:''send congress to live a year in Liberia'' (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 14 2017, @02:39AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 14 2017, @02:39AM (#609560)

    Just keep rationalizing, no way your guy could be wrong

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  • Re:''send congress to live a year in Liberia'' (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday December 14 2017, @09:04AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) on Thursday December 14 2017, @09:04AM (#609623) Journal

    Yeah, what AC said. Remember, he's the damned court fool who ran against the evil witch. IMO, the court fool was the better choice, but not a hell of a lot better. Where Hillary would have sold the nation to any buyer, Trump is busy selling the nation to rich Americans. We're still sold down the river, but at least we know how to navigate our own river.

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