Tuesday, December 12, 2017

In stunning upset, Democrat Doug Jones is apparent winner over Roy Moore in Alabama Senate race

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In a stunning conclusion to a contest that received international attention, Democrat Doug Jones is the apparent winner over Republican Roy Moore in the Senate race in this deeply conservative state, according to an NBC News projection.
It took an extraordinary alignment of events, including a sex scandal involving teenagers, for Alabamians to elect their first Democrat to the Senate in 25 years, but they triggered a political earthquake that will be felt far and wide.
With 99 percent of the vote in, Jones was leading 50-48 percent, or 673,236 votes to 652,300 votes — a margin of more than 20,000.
 Roy Moore looks to recount, tells supporters 'it's not over' 2:09
However, Moore refused to concede Tuesday night, telling supporters in Montgomery that he may pursue a recount.
"It's not over," Moore said. "That's what we've got to do, is wait on God and have this process play out."
The current margin appears too large for an automatic recount, which is triggered under state law if the candidates are separated by less than half a percentage point, but Moore could call for a recount if he's willing to pay for one himself.
The apparent outcome was another stinging defeat for President Donald Trump, who bucked his party's congressional leadership to stage a last-minute rescue mission for Moore. And it was his second in a state he won overwhelmingly in 2016, after he tried to pull Sen. Luther Strange across the line in the GOP primary against Moore in September.
Trump responded Tuesday night on Twitter with relative magnanimity, conceding the race before Moore spoke.
Moore adamantly denied multiple allegations of sexual misconduct with underage girls decades ago, which had dogged his campaign for weeks and kept him largely hidden from voters down the homestretch, but they proved too difficult for him to overcome.
Stronger than expected turnout — especially from African-Americans — helped Jones overcome the state's conservative slant, echoing results Democrats have seen in other races this year.
 54% say Roy Moore allegations not a major factor 12:19
With his voice hoarse after a long campaign that included more than 230 events over the past two months, Jones, 63, thanked supporters for believing in him against the odds as confetti rained down from the ceiling.
"I have been waiting all my life and now I just don’t know what the hell to say," the former federal prosecutor said. "This entire race has been about dignity and respect. This campaign has been about common courtesy and decency."
The unusual election, which proved almost impossible to poll, captivated both national political observers and voters in Alabama.
"This win is not only for Doug, or Alabama, or for America. The world was watching this, and we put on today," Randall Woodfinn, the newly elected mayor of Birmingham, told NBC News.
Many of the long-suffering Alabama Democrats who gathered here to celebrate with Jones were stunned by the result, expressing disbelief at the political miracle they had just pulled off.
"I never, never, never thought this would happen," said Betsy McGuire, who volunteered for Jones even as most of her friends and neighbors in the suburb of Homewood stuck with Moore.
McGuire, who said she had never done anything political until Trump’s election, initially got involved to help Jones lose more gracefully — winning seemed out of the question — hoping to get to him to around 40 percent of the vote on Election Night. "Then at least Alabama would be in the game," she said.
Michael Griggs said the election broke the stranglehold, at least for a moment, of the small group of wealthy and mostly white power brokers he feels control the state. "For once, the money didn't win," he said.
But Birmingham City Councilwoman Sheila Tyson, who coordinated a state-wide effort focused on organizing black women, said she knew Jones would win two months ago when a women said she would use her last $20 to buy gas to organize voters.
"Living in a state with so much racism...people are tired of it," she said.
Black women are consistently on the bottom rung of economic indicators, Tyson said, even though they run more households than other groups.
"We knew somebody had to carry him over the line, and we knew it was going to have to be us," she said of Jones.
The final sprint of the campaign was marked by the appearance of celebrities and national political figures, who had previously stayed away from a state known for being hostile to outside interventions.
Trump recorded a robocall for Moore, while former President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden ran their own for Jones. Basketball star Charles Barkley stumped with Jones on Monday and urged Alabamians to "stop looking like idiots" and reject Moore at a Jones election eve rally.

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