Posted on 12/12/2017 3:34:25 PM PST by House Atreides
Alabama votes on Tuesday in a special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions, now the attorney general. The last polls close at 8 p.m. Eastern. Strong support for Roy S. Moore, the Republican, is expected in rural, mostly white parts of the state and in its northern half. The Democrat, Doug Jones, aims to create a lead in the urban counties that include Birmingham and Montgomery, and across a band of largely black counties.
One critical battleground is a trio of smaller, whiter cities: Mobile, Tuscaloosa and Huntsville. Mr. Moore won a hard race in 2012 by keeping things close there. Mr. Jones hopes to win the cities by a convincing margin.
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It is live commentary. Not a news break, but full coverage.
Jefferson County furiously cranking out new ballots.
Guy on cnn is thinking moore has this. Wolf is trying to remain positive for jones
Ouch... 15% of 500,000 is 75,000. That’s a big last minute swing.
“We think about 519,000 votes remain to be counted. We think Mr. Jones leads in that vote by about 14.9 points”
If correct, which they have not been in the last several elections, makes around 78,00, so they figure jones is up by 22,000.
The Mitch McConnell RINOs want to be in the Senate minority, they want the Trump agenda to fail and they want the Swamp to thrive.
I agree 100%
Tell that hipster Indian, that all the jobs I had during my 4 decades as a mechanical engineer were from millionaires. No middle class person ever hired me. It is because of those millionaire businessmen I am able to live the American dream. Just got back from 2 back-to-back cruises, was on Oasis of the Seas ship last week. Google it to see what a fabulous boat that is.
Roy Moore Republican 384,124 53.5%
Doug Jones Democrat 324,211 45.1
The Trump vs Moore margin county by county plot is instructive.
Moore is not nearly as popular as Trump was.
COUNTED SO FAR: 68% ROY MOORE 384,124 53.5% DOUG JONES 324,211 45.1%
I’m so sick and tired of the same crap. How can Montgomery only have in 3 or 99 precincts reporting nearly 2 hours after the polls closed? Damn dems are allowed to do this every election
Who cares... in 1981 the biggest marriage in history was between Prince Charles at 31 and Lady Diana at 20.
They dated when she was a teenager... and everyone celebrated.
How many of those write ins were for Nick Saban
Moore at a 58000 vote lead at 67% reporting. Moore is still increasing his lead.
Moore +60,000 (8.4%) with 68% in
Wow.
NYT needle slowly edging toward Moore...
Dems do this EVERY ELECTION they hold their votes til they need it then they let loose
Democrats are famous for stealing urban areas with 98-99% for their candidate. There are no Republicans to monitor counting in those places.
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