Doug Jones became the first Democratic Senator from Alabama in two decades in a stunning result that brings the Republican majority down to just a single seat. Jones’s victory marked the end of a highly unusual special election to fill the seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Jones carried […] Read more »
Alabama’s women wrote the verdict on Roy Moore
Women drew the line at Roy Moore. There are many reasons why Moore became the first Republican nominee to lose an Alabama Senate race since 1992 on Tuesday night, including a strong turnout by African-American voters and a lack of enthusiasm among Moore’s base. But with Moore denying multiple allegations […] Read more »
Key Takeaways From Doug Jones’s Alabama Victory
Doug Jones’s defeat of Roy S. Moore in Tuesday’s bitterly fought special Senate election was one of the most unlikely upsets in recent campaign history. But the Democrats’ victory in Alabama carries some more immediate political implications. A Suburban Shellacking Voters in Alabama’s cities and most affluent suburbs overwhelmingly rejected […] Read more »
10 Thoughts After the Alabama Senate Election
One of the best parts about covering elections is that there is always a result. After all the prognosticating, projecting, discussing and arguing, there’s a winner. But determining the true meaning of victory and loss can be difficult. There will be plenty of time to analyze the Alabama Senate special […] Read more »
Democrats find winning formula in Alabama, Trump ‘resistance’ meets #MeToo
Democrats found a way to win in Trump country. And they did it against a candidate who sought to run the playbook written by President Donald Trump. Doug Jones secured himself three years in the Senate as a Democrat from Alabama despite the forces of Trump and Trumpism, the partial […] Read more »
Exit polls: How Doug Jones pulled off his stunning win
Doug Jones needed a surge of black voter turnout and a wide gender gap to pull off his stunning victory over embattled Republican Roy Moore in Tuesday’s special Senate election. In becoming the first Democrat to win a statewide federal election in Alabama since 1992, Jones proved that Democratic fears […] Read more »