85% of precincts reporting and it's DEAD EVEN. Via @NYTimes:pic.twitter.com/DJX4WN6HAg
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Alabama secretary of state's office has said the result probably won't be certified until 12/26, so Republicans have a couple weeks left to push through the tax bill, gov't funding and whatever else with that 52nd vote.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-senate/alabama-senate-election-winner-due-to-be-certified-in-late-december-idUSKBN1DI018 …
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And this is one reason Republicans rushed to pass that tax bill. A number of them feared this outcome.
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@SenSchumer: “Doug Jones will be an outstanding Senator who will represent Alabama well.”pic.twitter.com/2aKgD2LJPL
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NBC calls it — Doug Jones the "apparent winner" in the Alabama Senate race.
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Hard to overstate how gutting this must be for Bannon/Breitbart. Roy Moore was their guy; they went all in. Now they've lost the seat of Jeff Sessions, their favorite (ex)senator.
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"Now I just don't know what the hell to say," says Doug Jones in his victory speech.
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"We have shown the country the way that we can be unified," says Senator-elect Doug Jones.
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Doug Jones: "This campaign been about the rule of law. This campaign has been about common courtesy and decency."
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The only Republican senator who publicly supported Jones to defeat Roy Moore.https://twitter.com/JeffFlake/status/940789441815367681 …
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So Roy Moore is definitely not conceding. "What we've got to do is wait on God and let this process play out. I know it's late," he says. "But the votes are still coming in, and we're looking at that... It's not over, and it's gonna take some time."
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100% of precincts reporting Doug Jones 49.9% Roy Moore 48.4% The Democrat wins by 20,715 votes
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