Gonna be a close one!

here's hoping he loses.

Oh yes. Watching very closely and I don’t even like either candidate.

I'm curious about the reasoning behind the people who vote for him. Do they think he's innocent, or agree with his comments? Do they have a "anyone but a Democrat" mentality? Is it because Trump supports him?

Dead even at 85%! Looks good for Dems though as mostly democratic-leaning counties to finish reporting.

I think it's because Trump wants him in to help pass his agenda.

"I'm curious about the reasoning behind the people who vote for him."

chi, as someone who has been to Alabama many times, I'll say this - you can't fully appreciate the state and the different political constituencies that are there without visiting there yourself. I understand the reasoning of the people who are voting for him. If you've heard any of the interviews on TV of his campaign people and/or ordinary citizens who support him, you'll get a flavor for what's at the root of his popularity.

Several predictions are in now for a Jones victory. That's a big deal.

Doug Jones WINS!

I feel a tiny bit of relief.

Woohoo! Thank you Alabama!

So this seat won't go for re-election next year, right? Does it move to 2020?

No, Chi.....unfortunately, there will be another election next year for this seat.

I am so gratified. There was a pretty hefty voter turnout today, which I took as a good sign.

Waiting for the victory and the concession speeches. Wonder if Roy will come in wearing his cowboy hat and waving his little gun in the air. Will let you know.

Moore isn't coming out anytime soon. Asking supporters to come together and pray for the numbers to change.

I am not making that up.

Finally!

Omg.....are you serious, Rhizo? Lol

Ritamay, I am reading that he has it till 2020. Hmm.

Yes, 2020 is what wikipedia says.

About the call to prayer? Yes.

Rhizo is serious as can be. They don’t expect Moore to come out of his cave for a couple of hours.

Elmer, I’ve lived in Alabama all my life. You are partially right. With some it’s party loyalty. With others, you can’t sway them once they have made up their minds who they are going to vote for, even if their candidate was nearly convicted of something, they will always have an excuse for why they did it/didn’t do it. I don’t discuss politics generally because it only leads to trouble and inflamed discussions.

I’m really not too surprised at the Jones victory. I’ve seen a lot of growing support for him over the past couple of months.

Ok, I gotta investigate that!!!! Please let it be true!!! I saw where Fox is reporting the fact that Moore lost was because of Mitch McConnell. Where do they come up with this stuff??

This close, I'm seeing a recount called. Hope I am wrong

Not into Moore's religion. Not into Jone's politics. Would have like to see one more Republican in the senate but I don't go nutty over politics. But hopefully now that their smear campaign duty has succeeded the crazy old women will crawl back into their caves.

In the Moore encampment, they are singing hymns and raising their hands to heaven. The ranks have thinned; Roy has not shown up yet.

Again, I am not making this up.

As an alabamian, I am relieved that is all over and I can watch tv without hearing the back and forth mudslinging.

No concession from Roy tonight. He wants to wait on God. It's not over, the lord is in control. Told everyone to be safe going home.

I happily stand corrected!! That's what I get for listening to my hubby. Lol. Thanks for enlightening me!

I find talk like that very inappropriate in this setting but if there is a lord in control, Moore is history. I hope the recount happens quickly and without delay.

Congratulations to Doug Jones.

"A special election for the United States Senate in
Alabama took place on December 12, 2017, to fill a vacancy in the Senate
through the end of the term ending on January 3, 2021"

God wants a recount....lol Moore is a despicable POS. So happy intelligent Alabamians went out and voted.

Roy has always used religion as his platform, no matter what the situation, and has always seemed inappropriate, fanatical, and exclusionary. He's a despicable man. I say that with no reference to the recent credible accounts of pedophilia, by the way.

There will be lots of quiet celebration in my county today.

I agree with rhizo. I was born in Alabama and have lived here all my life. The only thing I will add is that we have to remember he has been thrown out of office already, without regard to the recent allegations of sexual impropriety. My belief is he would have set this state back 100 years.

The man looked ridiculous, riding up on his pony to vote.

Sleeperblues, I thought the same thing & I love horses.

The way I understand a recount is that Moore would have to pay for it to happen. And analysis shows it wouldn’t change results. We shall see what he does.

Yay for Alabama!

Provisional ballots were given out again. We need paper ballots that can give accurate results. No electronic machines that can be tweaked. People counting paper ballots while unbiased observers look on should be the rule in a democratic country.

Lived in Alabama all my 78 years. Even involved in presidential election in mid 60. As local news says, never in our history has there been so much attention drawn to any election from the nation and world wide. I just hope the mud slinging is over.

BTW, friend's son was the photographer who took the pictures of Moore riding the horse to vote. Son says Moore waited until all the press was there before he mounted the horse and rode it to vote. :o)

The election outcome saved Alabama from being a national laughingstock. I believe the national attention arose out of disbelief and curiosity that someone with his background and public speaking demeanor could be taken seriously by anyone as a candidate. The fact that it wasn't a landslide victory for Jones means there is still a lot of progress needed to open more eyes down there to the realities of modern America.

Elmer, isn't that what happened in our presidential election?

I can only hope the same sentiment spreads north from Alabama into Tennessee.

Yes. Replace the word 'national' with 'world's' and that's how the world sees us. I've been to 5 countries in the past 2 months and they're all shaking and scratching their heads trying to understand how it all happened.

Fired up and ready to go in 2018/2020. The me too# movement will not be stopped.

Yayyyyy Alabama!!!! It was good news to up to this morning!!! I hope these little elections really help to set the tone for the next round. At least it gives hope! Yay to the #metoo movement too!!!!

Jones only won because... people came out to VOTE FOR HIM. Some Republicans say they didn't vote for Moore, but wrote in names. Uh-huh, like that's supposed to mean something?

Obviously a lot of people DID vote for Moore. Let's not congratulate Alabama for moving beyond this Phony-Christian/Good Old Boy/Barefoot-and-Pregnant cr@p just yet.

Many of my friends who happen to be Republican voted for Jones because they wanted their vote to count. If there had been a better candidate, Jones wouldn't have won, of course, but Moore is simply too repugnant for the thinking person.

My husband just told me that Rick Saban (hahahaha) was the recipient of most of the write-in votes. Don't know if it's true, would not surprise me. Makes me laugh but it goes to show that Alabama isn't out of the water, yet!