Dec. 12, 2017, 10:28 PM ET
Alabama Election Results: Doug Jones Defeats Roy Moore in U.S. Senate Race
By MATTHEW BLOCH, NATE COHN, JOSH KATZ and JASMINE LEE

Doug Jones, a Democrat, won the special election on Tuesday to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions, now the attorney general. Mr. Jones aimed to create a lead in the urban counties that include Birmingham and Montgomery, and across a band of largely black counties. Strong support for Roy S. Moore, the Republican, was expected in rural, mostly white parts of the state and in its northern half.

One critical battleground was a trio of smaller, whiter cities: Mobile, Tuscaloosa and Huntsville. Mr. Moore won a hard race in 2012 by keeping things close there.

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https://www.nytimes.com/elections/result...orecast-section


I have a couple of questions.

Does this include the military vote ?
Is 1.7 % an unusually high number for write ins ?
How many votes originated from 'the cemetery' ?
How many illegals voted ?

Sorry it looks like you have to go to the NYT web page to see the two screen prints I tried to post.

It looks like the military hasn't been counted:

Roy Moore Refuses to Concede: ‘God is Always in Control’
by Charlie Spiering
12 Dec 20172

Republican Senate Candidate Roy Moore refused to concede the Alabama senate race on Tuesday, after his opponent Doug Jones declared victory.

“God is always in control,” Moore said during a short speech to supporters on election night.

The current law in Alabama requires a mandatory recount when there is a half of a percent margin, but Moore remains 1.5 percent behind his opponent, Doug Jones, who was declared the winner with 99 percent in.

Moore cited Psalm 40:2 to give his supporters hope:

I waited patiently for the Lord. He inclined to me, heard my cry, brought us up out of a horrible pit out of the mirey clay and set my feet on the rock and established my goings and put a new song in our mouth.

“Wait on God and let this process play out,” Moore added.

A Moore staffer urged supporters to wait, noting that the military votes had yet to be counted. Moore is about 22,000 votes short, but it is uncertain whether the uncounted votes tally up to that number.

“May God bless you as you go on, give you safe journey, and thank you for coming tonight,” Moore concluded. “It’s not over and it’s going to take some time.”

The election is scheduled to be certified by the Alabama Secretary of State by Christmas, but a recount throws that result into question.

Doug Jones is scheduled to be sworn into the Senate in early January.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/...ays-in-control/



From the NYT:

Candidate Party Votes Pct.

Doug Jones Democrat 671,151 49.9%
Roy Moore Republican 650,436 48.4
Total Write-Ins — 22,819 1.7

100% reporting (2,220 of 2,220 precincts)

Another interesting stat:

MASSIVE DEMOCRAT TURNOUT In Alabama — GOP Turnout 50% of 2016; Democrat Turnout 92% of 2016
December 12, 2017 by Jim Hoft
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http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/12/...urnout-92-2016/

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I was just going to post that one myself.

When needed, the Rats sure circle the wagons. And predictably, the GOP remains the party of stupid.

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Establishment Republicans Cheer Roy Moore’s Loss in Alabama
by Sean Moran
12 Dec 2017

Several establishment Republicans cheered as the Alabama Senate Republican candidate Judge Roy Moore lost to his Democratic opponent Doug Jones.

Here are some of the establishment Republicans who praised Roy Moore’s loss in the Alabama Senate race on Tuesday:

National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Chairman Cory Gardner (R-CO) said in a statement, “Tonight’s results are clear – the people of Alabama deemed Roy Moore unfit to serve in the U.S. Senate. I hope Senator-elect Doug Jones will do the right thing and truly represent Alabama by choosing to vote with the Senate Republican Majority.”

Republicans lost another lawmaker in their slim majority in the Senate. Now the GOP only controls 51 seats in the upper chamber of Congress.

CNN conservative contributor Ana Navarro tweeted on Tuesday night, “Roy Moore lost. Steve Bannon lost. Donald Trump lost. Pedophilia lost. Bigotry lost. Homophobia lost. Racism lost. Doug Jones won. Mitch McConnell won. African-Americans won. Women won. Victims won. Justice won. Morality won. Values won. Sanity won. Decency won. America won.”

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Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), who donated $100 to Doug Jones’ campaign, tweeted on Tuesday, “Decency wins.”

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The Mitch McConnell-aligned Senate Leadership Fund cheered Moore’s loss in a statement, saying, “This is a brutal reminder that candidate quality matters regardless of where you are running. Not only did Steve Bannon cost us a critical Senate seat in one of the most Republican states in the country, but he also dragged the President of the United States into his fiasco.”

Tim Miller, who reportedly pitched the original Washington Post story that alleged Roy Moore engaged in sexual misconduct with multiple underage girls, tweeted, “Heckuva Job Bannon!” Miller then added, “Cheers to all the craven assholes who knew better but endorsed a guy who molested a 14-year-old girl anyway.”

Never-Trump Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) daughter, Meghan McCain, said, “Suck it, Bannon.”

The Weekly Standard Editor-at-Large Bill Kristol tweeted, “Perfect end to 2017 Aug 15: Roy Moore leads in GOP AL Sen primary. Sep 26: Moore wins runoff. Dec 12: Dems win seat.”

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Republican pollster Frank Luntz said, “Steve Bannon wanted to destroy the @GOP Senate majority. Tonight, he got his wish. The civil war is far from over…”

Alex Conant, former communications director for Marco Rubio, explained on Tuesday, “Umm, McConnell did everything in his power to stop this debacle. Meanwhile, Trump & Bannon opportunistically condoned it.”

Rich Lowry, an editor at the National Review, argued, “Steve Bannon’s campaign to depose Mitch McConnell takes a big step forward, by throwing away a seat in a ruby red state.”

Never-Trump GOP media consultant Rick Wilson tweeted, “Steve Bannon is a cancer. Good people in Alabama were the first dose of chemo.”

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s former Chief of Staff Josh Holmes tweeted on Tuesday, “Before we get the results, I’d just like to thank Steve Bannon for showing us how to lose the reddest state in the union and Governor Ivey for the opportunity to make this national embarrassment a reality.”

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http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/...oss-in-alabama/