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Democratic Senate Candidate Doug Jones Votes In Alabama Special Election

Alabama Senate election: Democrat Doug Jones defeats Republican Roy Moore

Alabama voters will decide who will fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s vacated seat.

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Democrat Doug Jones won the Alabama US Senate special election contest for Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s vacated seat, defeating Republican Roy Moore. His win just vastly improved Democrats’ chances of retaking the Senate in 2018.

This election drew national attention in light of allegations of sexual misconduct against Moore. In November, the Washington Post published allegations about Moore from four women, including Leigh Corfman, who said that in 1979, Moore had initiated two sexually inappropriate encounters with her when she was just 14 and he was 32. Other accusers have since come forward.

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December 14, 2017
Even the White House suggests Roy Moore should concede

By Jen Kirby

"Sounds like it should have already taken place," the White House press secretary said.
December 14, 2017
“Trust Black women” tells Black women you didn’t trust us before

By Dominique Matti

The default is skepticism.
December 14, 2017
What Roy Moore’s loss can tell us about American evangelicals’ future

By Tara Isabella Burton@NotoriousTIB

Moore’s defeat highlighted the changing face of evangelical America along racial and age lines.
December 13, 2017
The Alabama election shows exactly why feminism in 2018 can’t just be about white women

By Anna North

Black women voted overwhelmingly against Roy Moore. Feminism has to recognize their leadership.
December 13, 2017
What Doug Jones’s victory means for the GOP tax bill

By Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias

Officially, nothing. But Republicans have stumbled before.
December 13, 2017
After Doug Jones’s win, here's what Democrats need to do to retake the Senate in 2018

By Andrew Prokop

If they hold all their own seats (which won’t be easy), they need to pick up two more.
December 13, 2017
Obamacare repeal died in Birmingham

By Dylan Scott@dylanlscott

Obamacare repeal might really, actually, truly be dead.
December 13, 2017
The Alabama election is the latest example of the political power of black women

By P.R. Lockhart

Black women didn’t vote to "save" Alabama last night. They voted to protect themselves.
December 13, 2017
Exit polls aren’t enough to answer the big questions about Alabama turnout

By Dara Lind

Adjust your hot election takes accordingly.
December 13, 2017
Doug Jones’s secret weapon with black voters in Alabama: Roy Moore

By German Lopez@germanrlopez

Between pro-slavery comments and birtherism, Moore made Jones’s victory with black voters easy.
December 13, 2017
“African-American communities are turning up, and they are turning out”

By Ella Nilsen

How local Alabama activists and the Democratic Party joined forces to elect Doug Jones.
December 13, 2017
Republican Roy Moore refuses to concede, says "wait on God and let this process play out”

By Jen Kirby

But the Alabama secretary of state said it’s "highly unlikely" the outcome will change.
December 13, 2017
Doug Jones is the first Democrat to win an Alabama Senate seat in 25 years

By Ella Nilsen

Jones is a civil rights attorney, best known for prosecuting members of the Ku Klux Klan.
December 12, 2017
Why Doug Jones’s narrow win is not enough to make me confident about American democracy

By Ezra Klein@ezraklein

We’re the country that almost elected Roy Moore. We’re the country that did elect Donald Trump.
December 12, 2017
“You helped bend that moral arc”: read Doug Jones’s victory speech

By Jen Kirby

"We have come so far and the people of Alabama have spoken."
December 12, 2017
Steve Bannon's Republican critics are gleefully dunking on him for Roy Moore's shocking loss

By Andrew Prokop

"Not every man can make an Alabama Senate race close, but Steve Bannon can."
December 12, 2017
It’s not just scandal: Moore lost in Alabama because the GOP agenda is toxically unpopular

By Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias

Republicans are now in trouble everywhere.
December 12, 2017
Doug Jones’s win just vastly improved Democrats’ chances of retaking the Senate in 2018

By Andrew Prokop

The upset in Alabama gives the party a plausible path to a takeover for the first time.
December 12, 2017
3 winners and 2 losers in the Alabama Senate race

By Dylan Matthews

It’s a shocking upset that puts the Senate in play for 2018.
December 12, 2017
Democrat Doug Jones wins Alabama Senate special election

By Jen Kirby

A historic victory for a Democrat in a deep red state.
December 12, 2017
“Dear Alabama”: tweets pleaded with voters not to elect Roy Moore

By Jen Kirby

But they could backfire.
December 12, 2017
#RaptureAnxiety calls out evangelicals' toxic obsession with the end times

By Tara Isabella Burton@NotoriousTIB

From Trump’s Jerusalem decision to Roy Moore’s campaign, this week has triggered many evangelicals’ anxieties about the apocalypse.
December 12, 2017
A Roy Moore spokesperson just said Moore “probably” thinks homosexual conduct should be illegal

By German Lopez@germanrlopez

This happened. In 2017.
December 12, 2017
The Republican Party’s Roy Moore catastrophe, explained

By Andrew Prokop and Jen Kirby

Moore is facing sexual assault allegations heading into an election with enormous national consequences.
December 12, 2017
Doug Jones got more money from Alabama voters than Roy Moore did

By Alexia Fernández Campbell@AlexiaCampbell

The Democrat has more support in his state than polls suggest.

Alabama Senate election: Democrat Doug Jones defeats Republican Roy Moore

Even the White House suggests Roy Moore should concede

“Trust Black women” tells Black women you didn’t trust us before

What Roy Moore’s loss can tell us about American evangelicals’ future

The Alabama election shows exactly why feminism in 2018 can’t just be about white women

What Doug Jones’s victory means for the GOP tax bill

After Doug Jones’s win, here's what Democrats need to do to retake the Senate in 2018

Obamacare repeal died in Birmingham

The Alabama election is the latest example of the political power of black women

Exit polls aren’t enough to answer the big questions about Alabama turnout

Doug Jones’s secret weapon with black voters in Alabama: Roy Moore

“African-American communities are turning up, and they are turning out”

Republican Roy Moore refuses to concede, says "wait on God and let this process play out”

Doug Jones is the first Democrat to win an Alabama Senate seat in 25 years

Why Doug Jones’s narrow win is not enough to make me confident about American democracy

“You helped bend that moral arc”: read Doug Jones’s victory speech

Steve Bannon's Republican critics are gleefully dunking on him for Roy Moore's shocking loss

It’s not just scandal: Moore lost in Alabama because the GOP agenda is toxically unpopular

Doug Jones’s win just vastly improved Democrats’ chances of retaking the Senate in 2018

3 winners and 2 losers in the Alabama Senate race

Democrat Doug Jones wins Alabama Senate special election

“Dear Alabama”: tweets pleaded with voters not to elect Roy Moore

#RaptureAnxiety calls out evangelicals' toxic obsession with the end times

A Roy Moore spokesperson just said Moore “probably” thinks homosexual conduct should be illegal

The Republican Party’s Roy Moore catastrophe, explained

Doug Jones got more money from Alabama voters than Roy Moore did

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