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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Mo Brooks is a solid conservative... and would have won tonight by 20 points.
The good news is, Al Franken’s recount lasted months, it could be a year before the new Senator is seated ...
http://www2.alabamavotes.gov/electionNight/statewideResultsByContest.aspx?ecode=1000915 Roy up 17% at
Your#1250 well said. This was supposed to be a R lock.
DAaaaggh!
Roy Moore leads by 0.5 percentage points over Doug Jones with 85 percent of precincts fully reporting.
Roy Moore
Republican
512,249
49.5%
Doug Jones
Democrat
507,169
49.0
VOTE DELAY IS FRAUD
Moore should never concede. Vote delaying is fraud.
Demand a reelection.
True. I hope he runs in 2020.
Thank you, Senator Shelby. Please resign now.
Plenty suggested it when we nominated a guy that barely won statewide before.
I keep holding out hope that Sessions is”working behind the scenes” and will one day produce something of value. But it’s getting harder every day.
Looking now like a rare mistake by President Trump.
And who thought Sessions would suck so much.
So sad CHRISTIANS would put politics ahead of LIFE.
Surprised the race hasn’t been called for Jones already.
It’s crystal clear this is over folks.
Roy Moore Republican 522,226 49.6%
Doug Jones Democrat 515,187 48.9
Total Write-Ins — 16,422 1.6
Write-ins killed Moore 1.6% of the vote
454,000 votes counted, Moore has more than a 16% lead.
Roy Moore leads by 0.7 percentage points over Doug Jones with 85 percent of precincts fully reporting.
Moore SURGE 7,100 (.7%) with 85%
Pessimism? Negative Nellies?? We WANT Roy Moore to win, but... We’re being REALISTS.
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