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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, 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.

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  • (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.