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Chip Brownlee

Chip Brownlee is a former political reporter, online content manager and webmaster at the Alabama Political Reporter. He is now a reporter at The Trace, a non-profit newsroom covering guns in America.

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President Trump “likes” Doug Jones, thinks Moore concession probably “should have already happened”

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter While Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore continues to prolong his senatorial bid past its apparent expiration date, President Donald Trump is already moving on, forging a path for a potential relationship with Alabama’s new senator. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday, when asked if Trump … Continued

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December 15, 2017

The GOP has conceded, but Roy Moore is refusing — again.

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore, seizing on the shock and awe of a Democrat winning a statewide election in Alabama, is refusing to concede the election to his challenger, Democrat Doug Jones, who appears to have won the election by at least 20,000 votes and 1.5 percentage points, … Continued

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December 14, 2017

Democrat Doug Jones’ win is one for the history books

Alabama politics did the only thing Alabama politics knows how to do: take the unexpected and make it into a reality, with Democratic candidate Doug Jones pulling off a historic upset. The election places a Democratic senator from the Yellowhammer State in Congress for the first time in a quarter-century. The newly elected senator and … Continued

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December 13, 2017

For Moore’s core supporters, this election goes much deeper than policy or politics

MIDLAND, Ala. — For Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore’s core group of voters, this special election is about much more than politics or policy. At its core, Tuesday’s vote isn’t about taxes, and it’s not about Steve Bannon, Donald Trump or even Democrat Doug Jones. When Moore’s staunchest supporters walk into a polling place Tuesday, … Continued

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December 12, 2017

Steve Bannon at Moore rally: “There’s a special place in hell” for Republicans like Richard Shelby, Condoleezza Rice

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who has become one of Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore’s main supporters, took some hefty swipes Monday night against Alabama Republican Sen. Richard Shelby and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, an Alabama native. Bannon spoke out against Shelby, Rice and other … Continued

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December 12, 2017

Democrat Doug Jones leading Roy Moore by 10 points in Fox Poll as surveys diverge

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter With less than 24 hours to go until polls open in the Senate special election, a new Fox News Poll shows Democratic candidate Doug Jones with a sizable 10-point lead over Republican Roy Moore. The poll, released Monday morning, shows Jones with consolidated support among Democrats, a large lead … Continued

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December 11, 2017

In campaign’s final days, Jones works overtime to turn out black, millennial voters

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Nicole Bennett, a 45-year-old Navy veteran, saw a man trekking down U.S. Highway 80 between Selma and Montgomery on Thursday, only a plastic bag and a beanie shielding him from a cold, persistent rain — a small flag in hand. Bennett, thinking the man was a veteran, pulled over, rolled down her … Continued

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December 10, 2017

Nearly 7 in 10 voters support government shutdown over CHIP funding

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter A new Morning Consult and Politico tracking poll shows that a large majority of Americans would support shutting down the government if Congress can’t reach a deal on funding for the Child Health Insurance Program. About 69 percent of voters said they thought the renewal of funding for CHIP … Continued

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December 7, 2017

It’s crunch time for the Senate candidates — and they’re not holding back

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter With the special election less than a week away, it’s crunch time for Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones. Moore’s brought in former White House adviser Steve Bannon, and Jones isn’t holding back, either, running ads highlighting sexual assault allegations against Moore and hitting him hard in a … Continued

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December 6, 2017

Candidate running to replace Mickey Hammon promises to sponsor lottery legislation “on day one”

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter District 4 Alabama House of Representatives candidate Tom Willis has promised to sponsor legislation that would authorize a lottery “on day one.” His legislation, he says, would allow the people of Alabama to vote for or against a lottery. “This issue has dominated conversation and controversy in this state for … Continued

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December 6, 2017