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How Republican missteps turned Alabama blue

  • Written by David Hughes, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Auburn University at Montgomery
imageDoug Jones supporters celebrate his stunning victory.AP Photo/John Bazemore

If there was one Republican in Alabama the Democratic Doug Jones could beat, Roy Moore was that Republican.

And in a Tuesday night nail-biter, Jones did just that, edging Moore by a mere 1.5 percentage points in a state that hasn’t elected a Democrat to the U.S....

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