Alabama Senate Primary tonight. Polls close 8PM. Brooks, Strange, Moore (LIVE THREAD)

Decision Desk HQ ^ | August 15, 2017

[SMGFan]

Race Preview After weeks of ads, mostly on behalf of incumbent Senator Luther Strange, the votes start rolling in tonight after 8pm EDT. Strange faces strong competition from former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, who has led him in the polling average by about 5-6 points, and from Huntsville Congressman Mo Brooks, who has trailed Strange in the average by a little over the same margin. If polling is correct, Strange and Moore will advance to the September 26th runoff. We anticipate the first results will roll in within thirty minutes of polls closing. We’ll have comparison charts and a county-by-county display above as those numbers roll in.

[DoodleDawg]

Come join us here at the Alabama election thread.

Monitoring the results online. Looks like a Moore-Strange run off at the moment.

[SMGFan]

Is there “history” behind why certain states have runoffs? All seems to be Southern states so that in Democrat runoff the black candidates lost.

[jazusamo]

I’m not from the area either and I don’t know.

I posted the Slimes link because I’ve been watching it and it’s been reporting a lot more votes than other sources.

[VRWCarea51]

Remember what McPostturtle, RNC and Haley Barbour’s crew did in Mississippi!

It will start by midnight tonight

[jonrick46]

Moore is jumping ahead!

Roy S Moore (Republican) 37.6% 31,254
Luther Strange (Republican) 30.9% 25,695
Mo Brooks (Republican) 21.6% 17,930
Trip Pittman (Republican) 6.4% 5,345
Randy Brinson (Republican) 1.1% 923
Mary Maxwell (Republican) 0.7% 567
Bryan Peeples (Republican) 0.7% 560
Dom Gentile (Republican) 0.4% 347
James Beretta (Republican) 0.3% 272
Joseph F Breault (Republican) 0.3% 222
602 of 2330 (26%) Precincts Reporting, 83,115 Total Votes

[SMGFan]

Runoff elections a relic of the Democratic South

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/06/04/runoff-elections-a-relic-of-the-democratic-south/?utm_term=.ee0e2496c545

[Yosemitest]

I hope Rep. Mo Brooks wins the runoff.
He's the MOST CONSERVATIVE !

Read Upset brewing in heated Alabama Republican Senate primary as polls conflict :

"... Rep. Mo Brooks, 63, is third in both polls (15 percent in the ECP, 17.46 percent in the Trafalgar Group) and is vying for a spot in the presumed run-off.
Brooks is known as a staunch fiscal conservative who notably opposed the Republican plan to replace Obamacare because it didn’t go far enough in dismantling the law, according to CNBC.
He eventually supported an amended bill. ..."

[SharpRightTurn]

“I wish Brooks would’ve dropped out.”

If he had done it before early voting started, it might have pushed Roy over 50%. If Roy doesn’t make it to 50%, he had better come up with a game plan fast to keep McConnell and Barbour from stealing it.

[Jane Long]

I agree! I do wish Pres Trump would’ve stayed out of this primary.

[luvie]

Good news! Gooo Judge Moore!

[SamAdams76]

In honor of Alabama, I am listening to Willie’s Roadhouse on Sirius/XM tonight as I monitor the results. Lot’s of Hank Williams/Johnny Cash era country music. I know that Trump has been pushing Strange for some strange reason but I’m rooting for Moore and hoping he prevails in the run-off. We need to be draining the swamp.

[bankwalker]

I don’t know.

What I understand is all elections are state level. The only federal election is when the electors vote for the president. Each state sets their own election rules.

[Jane Long]

Yep. I don’t trust McConnell and Barbour at all.

[magna carta]

awesome! Trump we r sending you a true conservative!

[SMGFan]

Just posted the link to story history of why runoffs were created by Southern Dems.

[Jane Long]

Great news. Prayers up!

[piroque]

http://www2.alabamavotes.gov/electionnight/statewideResultsByContest.aspx?ecode=1000750

[mrsmith]

"John Couvillon‏ @WinWithJMC · 5m5 minutes ago
RESULTS: With 31% in, Moore leads with 48-31% in suburban counties, Luther 37-28% in urban counties, Moore 46-30% in rural counties #ALSEN "

That makes more sense.
Still, I expect better for Roy from the urban districts.

Now I'm thinking if Roy pulls off close to a 10% final lead then the Establishment will be hard pressed to negotiate with him for Strange dropping out. Strange will have no chance in the runoff.
There's not much Roy would be willing to give them though.

[piroque]

UNITED STATES SENATOR (DEM)

Percent

Votes
Will Boyd (DEM)
chart

5.09%

1,394
Vann Caldwell (DEM)
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0.91%

249
Jason E. Fisher (DEM)
chart

2.36%

646
Michael Hansen (DEM)
chart

5.50%

1,507
Doug Jones (DEM)
chart

62.31%

17,077
Robert Kennedy, Jr. (DEM)
chart

21.88%

5,998
Brian McGee (DEM)
chart

1.00%

274
Charles Nana (DEM)
chart

0.96%

263

27,408
UNITED STATES SENATOR (REP)

Percent

Votes
James Paul Beretta (REP)
chart

0.19%

141
Joseph F. Breault (REP)
chart

0.05%

36
Randy Brinson (REP)
chart

1.02%

770
Mo Brooks (REP)
chart

18.72%

14,162
Dom Gentile (REP)
chart

0.06%

49
Mary Maxwell (REP)
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0.32%

242
Roy S. Moore (REP)
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42.51%

32,167
Bryan Peeples (REP)
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0.31%

237
Trip Pittman (REP)
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6.62%

5,007
Luther Strange (REP)
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30.20%

22,853

75,664

[bankwalker]

Washington Compost? They won’t let me read the article unless I turn my adblocker off.

Regardless of the history and how they were used in the past, I still think they’re a great idea.

The uniparty doesn’t want runoffs. It makes it easier for independent candidates to win.