Democrat Doug Jones pulled off an upset in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race by defeating Republican Roy Moore in a special election yesterday. Jones is the first Democrat to win a seat on the Senate from Alabama in 25 years. Moore told his supporters last night that the vote was so close, there should be a recount.
Meanwhile, President Trump has tweeted his congratulations and a reminder that Moore was not his original favorite in the race.
Democrat Doug Jones has pulled off a major upset in Alabama by defeating Republican Roy Moore in Tuesday’s special election, becoming the first Democrat to win election to the Senate from the deeply conservative state in 25 years.
"We have come so far and the people of Alabama have spoken," Jones said during a victory speech in Birmingham late Tuesday.
But in a late-night speech to supporters, Moore refused to concede. Moore told the crowd that when the “vote is this close…it’s not over.”