Democrat Doug Jones Wins Senate Race in Alabama
Democratic candidate Doug Jones is the projected winner of the Deep South. He unexpectedly wins in the state of Alabama. As a result of Jones' victory, the ratio of Republicans to Democrats is 51-49, which is a narrow margin for the GOP. The state's former U.S. attorney beat former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore amid allegations that Moore had a sexual tryst with teenage girls. esp. with the national outrage at this time against sexual abuse in the public arena. Moore had a sizable lead up until the time the allegations against Moore came out and Moore wasn't able to overcome that in the special election.
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