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News

Former U.S. Attorney Doug Jones wins Senate race; first Democratic win since 1992

By APR Staff Alabama Political Reporter Alabama elected its first Democratic senator in over two decades Tuesday after a grueling seven-month long election cycle. Doug Jones, a former U.S. attorney, faced a great challenge in overcoming the deficit polling between him and his opponent, former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore. Jones trailed Moore … Continued

December 12, 2017

Moore holds election eve rally with Steve Bannon, other supporters in Midland

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, December 11, 2017, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Roy Moore held a “Drain the Swamp rally” in Midland just 13 hours before Alabama voters go to the polls to decide whether they want to vote for Moore or Democrat Doug Jones to be their senator, replacing Jeff Sessions … Continued

Brandon Moseley

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

Chip Brownlee

December 12, 2017

Opinion

Moore v. Jones: This is who we are

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter So, here we are. Roy Moore v. Doug Jones. The race that determines … who gets to rep Alabama in the U.S. Senate for the next two years. And that’s pretty much it. I keep hearing that this race is vitally important to the state, that it will determine … Continued

Josh Moon

December 12, 2017

Bring photo ID to the polls today; House District 4, Senate District 26 also have elections

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Today is the day that Alabama selects its new U.S. senator to replace Jeff Sessions. Sessions vacated the seat months ago to be President Donald J. Trump’s Attorney General. In addition to the Senate race between Doug Jones and Roy Moore, there will also be major party primary elections … Continued

Brandon Moseley

December 12, 2017

Trump, Obama record dueling robocalls ahead of election

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Today’s election versus Republican former Alabama Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Roy Moore and Democrat former Clinton era U.S. Attorney Doug Jones has become hyper-partisan nationally. Pres. Donald J. Trump (R) has endorsed Moore. Pres. Trump was in Pensacola Friday urging his supporters to come out for Moore … Continued

Brandon Moseley

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

Chip Brownlee

December 11, 2017

Richard Shelby didn’t vote for Moore, says “Alabama deserves better”

By Samuel Mattison Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby cemented his opposition to Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore on Sunday saying that he “couldn’t vote for Moore.” The senator appeared on the CNN program “State of the Union” to to discuss the election with host Jake Tapper. In the interview, he said he would … Continued

Sam Mattison

December 11, 2017

Opinion

Waiting for the postmortem analysis of Tuesday’s Senate election

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter In the distant future, cooler heads will perhaps give a detailed examination of this U.S. Senate race to determine the postmortem of the news media, political parties and the body politic as a whole. Any reasonable person will look back and see this was a moment in time with … Continued

Bill Britt

December 11, 2017

Polling shows Moore maintaining lead over Jones

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Two new polls show that ahead of Tuesday’s election, Roy Moore (R) is leading Doug Jones (D) for the U.S. Senate seat. In Gravis’s previous poll, Democrat Jones was leading by three points. On Saturday, Gravis’s new poll has Republican Moore leading by four points. Gravis Marketing surveyed 1,254 … Continued

Brandon Moseley

December 11, 2017