{"id":382841,"date":"2017-12-13T06:44:05","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T06:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=382841"},"modified":"2017-12-13T06:44:05","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T06:44:05","slug":"roy-moore-defeat-democrat-wins-alabama-senate-upset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/roy-moore-defeat-democrat-wins-alabama-senate-upset\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Moore defeat: Democrat wins in Alabama Senate upset"},"content":{"rendered":"
Doug Jones has become the first Democrat in 25 years to win a US Senate seat for Alabama after a bitter campaign against Republican Roy Moore.<\/p>\n
His unexpected victory deals a blow to President Donald Trump, who backed Mr Moore, and narrows the Republican majority in the Senate to 51-49.<\/p>\n
With 99% of the votes counted, Mr Moore refused to concede on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
He fought a controversial campaign, in which allegations surfaced of sexual misconduct with teenage girls.<\/p>\n
Mr Moore, a firebrand conservative who has said he believes that homosexual activity should be illegal, has repeatedly denied the claims against him.<\/p>\n
Why hasn’t Roy Moore conceded?<\/strong><\/p>\n Many media outlets have reported the election in favour of Mr Jones, and 99% of the votes have been counted.<\/p>\n But Mr Moore, 70, told his supporters it was not yet over.<\/p>\n “We’ve been painted in an unfavourable and unfaithful light,” he said. “Realise that when the vote is this close that it’s not over.”<\/p>\n He said he believed the margin of victory could narrow as more votes poured in, which could trigger an automatic recount.<\/p>\n Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill said a recount could be ordered if the margin is narrowed to less than half a percentage point.<\/p>\n Although Mr Moore did not concede, President Trump congratulated Mr Jones in a tweet shortly after US media declared him the winner, adding that “Republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time”.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Doug Jones has become the first Democrat in 25 years to win a US Senate seat for Alabama after a bitter campaign against Republican Roy Moore. His unexpected victory deals a blow to President Donald Trump, who backed Mr Moore, and narrows the Republican majority in the Senate to 51-49. With 99% of the votes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":382846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[15377,15407,15376],"yoast_head":"\n