MONTGOMERY, Ala. (EETV)- Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama’s highly covered special United States Senate election, beating Republican candidate Roy Moore.
Jones, who served as a United States Attorney under President Bill Clinton, appears to have receive roughly 49.5 percent of the votes cast compared to Moore’s 48.8 percent.
This special election, sparked following Jeff Session’s nomination to the Attorney General post by President Donald Trump, has received national attention. Much of this attention came after several women accused Moore of sexual misconduct dating back several decades to when he was Assistant District Attorney of Etowah County.
Polls prior to the race showed mixed results, but most appeared to have Moore ahead in the days leading up to Tuesday’s election.
Much of Jones’ support comes from the state’s predominantly urban counties including Montgomery, Jefferson and Mobile. Moore appears to have under preformed in many of Alabama’s rural counties, even losing some that Trump won in 2016.
Locally, Jones won traditionally conservative Lee County with 57.4 percent of the vote.
Several Auburn University students took to Toomer's Corner where they rolled several trees following Jones' win. This is not the first time students have rolled the trees after a political victory, several dozen students rolled the corner last November following then-candidate Donald Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton.
Jones is expected to take office in January and will be up for reelection again in 2020.
