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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: 4, Informative) by mendax on Thursday December 14 2017, @02:14AM (2 children)

    by mendax (2840) on Thursday December 14 2017, @02:14AM (#609551)

    Better the Establishment candidate than the Bible-thumping nut job and bigot.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Pav on Thursday December 14 2017, @03:39AM (1 child)

    by Pav (114) on Thursday December 14 2017, @03:39AM (#609573)
    Really? Right now the "real left" are raging impotently inside the DNC about the ~1 billion dollars in donations has gone to 5 consultants, while state offices are being defunded [youtube.com]. This Dem corporatist will confirm all Alabamas worst fears about corrupt Democrats and "big government". Meanwhile the Dem corporatists can now argue there's no need to reform the status quo.

    • (Score: 2) by Pav on Thursday December 14 2017, @03:41AM

      by Pav (114) on Thursday December 14 2017, @03:41AM (#609575)

      Oops, link should have gone to 85s rather than 125s