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Live Alabama Election Results: Roy Moore and Doug Jones Compete for Senate Seat
New York Times ^ | December 12, 2017 | MATTHEW BLOCH, NATE COHN, JOSH KATZ and JASMINE LEE

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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TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: alabama; douchejones; dougjones; election; huntsville; jeffsessions; liveroymooreelection; lutherstrange; mobile; moore; roymoore; roymooreelection; sessions; tuscaloosa
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To: Mozilla
All I know is a lot of Trump voters did NOT show up to vote for Moore tonight. They totally fell for the democRAT bullsh!t.

Doug Jones giving his victory speech now. Sounds like Bill Clinton back in the day. Barf!

1,801 posted on 12/12/2017 7:57:04 PM PST by nutmeg (Trump/Pence 2020)
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To: Baldwin77

Amazing!


1,802 posted on 12/12/2017 7:57:28 PM PST by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: uncbob
So all those GOP voters who voted for Trump and stayed tonight home prefer a hard core left winger like Jones

No but a candidate should act like he is actually interested in winning, not attending an out of state football game during the last weekend before the election. So please, NO MORE MOORE!!!

1,803 posted on 12/12/2017 7:57:32 PM PST by PJ-Comix ("Match me, Sidney.")
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To: nfldgirl

He said he didn’t campaign because people already know him. He disappeared a lot. The press kept writing stories asking where he was. Contrast that with Trump.


1,804 posted on 12/12/2017 7:57:34 PM PST by Pinkbell
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To: fortheDeclaration

If we get a tax bill, we may see some signs of life on other things. I’m down too, but hang in there.

We didn’t expect to ever have a president like Trump again. Here we are with him.

Hang in there.


1,805 posted on 12/12/2017 7:57:36 PM PST by DoughtyOne (This forum is a Doug Jones free zone! Go Roy Moore!)
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To: CommieCutter
So glad their consciences led them to vote for liberal Sodom & Gomorrah policies.

Well they didn't vote for Jones but by staying home they got the same result as if they did
1,806 posted on 12/12/2017 7:57:53 PM PST by uncbob
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To: House Atreides

If the Seed of those who Crucified the Messiah, see they are losing control from the Majority, they will even pull a “Lieberman” to run as an independent. The seed is still here and scattered after 2000 years.

The next Advent is close.


1,807 posted on 12/12/2017 7:58:00 PM PST by Varsity Flight (Extortion-Care is is the Government Work-Camp)
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To: tennmountainman

The difference between Moore winning and losing were the allegations.
Not proven allegations. Just allegations.


Nope. The difference between Moore winning and losing was his own party not abandoning him but even going so far as to campaign FOR Moore. How pathetic is that?


1,808 posted on 12/12/2017 7:58:07 PM PST by lodi90
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To: PJ-Comix

Agreed!


1,809 posted on 12/12/2017 7:58:13 PM PST by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: nutmeg

No, I don’t honestly believe Alabama has gone full-blown progressive. But with all the leftists moving from Blue States to Red States in the past few years..... who knows???

>><<

The Progressives almost always move into the big cities. The Alabama election results tonight show that.


1,810 posted on 12/12/2017 7:58:14 PM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: House Atreides

I think this really shows that conservatives are not dying..it it’s that we are tired and not motivated to vote for the lesser of two evils..Jones is a typical liberal reprobate and his base will vote in kind ,Moore came across as uncle creepy Joe Biden lite..he did a crappy job of refuting allegations.He made many conservatives I know uncomfortable.Alabamians likely felt the same and could not back him with a clear conscience even with Jones’s abortion stance.We need better candidates of we intend to maintain this Republic


1,811 posted on 12/12/2017 7:58:20 PM PST by MONKEY429
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To: Sacajaweau

IT MEANS HE’S UP FOR RE-ELECTION IN THREE YEARS. WHICH HOPEFULLY HE WILL NOT WIN AGAINST A BETTER CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE.
Because unlike the bullshitters in the media are trying to tell you, Alabama is not more progressive. They voted for Trump by 26% just 12 months ago.


1,812 posted on 12/12/2017 7:58:26 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: Henchster

Under 3k gap with 2 counties now.


1,813 posted on 12/12/2017 7:58:40 PM PST by Weirdad (Orthodox Americanism: It's what's good for the world! (Not communofascism!))
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To: lodi90

Which Republican runs against Shelby in 2022?


1,814 posted on 12/12/2017 7:58:48 PM PST by GuavaCheesePuff
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To: Black Agnes
Tokyo Rose had nothing on Fox.

Well... OAN called the race for Moore at around 8:01 pm ET....

1,815 posted on 12/12/2017 7:59:08 PM PST by nutmeg (Trump/Pence 2020)
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To: Vision Thing

Also, the dems won’t be able to give the same amount of money to each of their senate candidates in 2018 as they have given to jones during this election.


I wouldn’t bet on that. They are fired up, have won a couple races and have many billionaires to tap to fund 2018. I expect they will have unlimited funds now.


1,816 posted on 12/12/2017 7:59:44 PM PST by lodi90
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To: Jane Long

I already stated on this thread I blame Sessions for this, first and foremost, fornaccepting the job of AG because it was his “dream job” even though he knew he was likely going to recuse himself from the biggest issues facing the administration.

Secondly, I blame Senstor Shelby from Alabama, who along with Sessions said he wasn’t voting for Moore, and suggested voters write in other candidates, which they did in enough numbers to throw the election to Jones.


1,817 posted on 12/12/2017 7:59:47 PM PST by Golden Eagle (Donald Trump: "There's a lot of people disappointed in the Justice department, including me.")
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To: Jane Long

Hindsight is 20/20.

I assume they originally were comfortable that Alabama would continue to elect republicans.


1,818 posted on 12/12/2017 7:59:48 PM PST by Jonny7797
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To: stars & stripes forever

Thank you for sharing that great quote from Thomas Jefferson.


1,819 posted on 12/12/2017 7:59:58 PM PST by edie1960
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To: Kalamata
But millions of Christians have prayed this prayer. They wanted their nation to turn back to God. if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. God must have heard our prayers. I guess the prayers didn’t matter all that much.

And there are millions of god-less americans out there as well supporting evil, whether they understand it or have allowed themselves to be deceived.

Prayers for the conversion of these people is something that is much needed. The devil is still strong in these people and has caused this stumble but there is no doubt, ultimately God is still in control. I feel bad for our Freepers from Alabama but Alabama will get the political leader they deserve. Hopefully this deception can be fixed in the next election.

CGato

1,820 posted on 12/12/2017 8:00:03 PM PST by Conservative Gato (There are NOW 4 kind of LIES; Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and the Media.)
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