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thewayneI'll bet McConnell and the resident of 1600 are looking for IV Excedrin.
Jones beat Moore by 20,000 votes, 49.9% vs 48.4%, with 100% of precincts reporting. AP called it 2 hours after the polls closed.
HOWEVER, according to 538, "Jones gave a victory speech. But, the Moore campaign is apparently not conceding this race, hoping that when military, provisional and write-in ballots are counted, the vote will be within 0.5 percentage points, triggering an automatic statewide recount. At this point, an automatic recount seems highly unlikely (barring something truly unforeseen, of course). The Moore campaign could pay for a recount itself, however."
Is anyone surprised? But a spread of 1.5% is unlikely to be closed by those add-ins, and a recount is unlikely to be triggered.
It's going to make things much more interesting in the Senate, especially with the tax bill probably going to require a re-vote in the near future.
https://www.npr.org/2017/12/12/570291123/will-it-be-moore-or-jones-polls-are-closed-in-divisive-alabama-senate-election
http://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/alabama-senate-election-results/
Jones beat Moore by 20,000 votes, 49.9% vs 48.4%, with 100% of precincts reporting. AP called it 2 hours after the polls closed.
HOWEVER, according to 538, "Jones gave a victory speech. But, the Moore campaign is apparently not conceding this race, hoping that when military, provisional and write-in ballots are counted, the vote will be within 0.5 percentage points, triggering an automatic statewide recount. At this point, an automatic recount seems highly unlikely (barring something truly unforeseen, of course). The Moore campaign could pay for a recount itself, however."
Is anyone surprised? But a spread of 1.5% is unlikely to be closed by those add-ins, and a recount is unlikely to be triggered.
It's going to make things much more interesting in the Senate, especially with the tax bill probably going to require a re-vote in the near future.
https://www.npr.org/2017/12/12/570291123/will-it-be-moore-or-jones-polls-are-closed-in-divisive-alabama-senate-election
http://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/alabama-senate-election-results/
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Date: 2017-12-14 11:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-12-14 11:19 am (UTC)I read an interesting news piece last night that one of Trump's current Russia investigation atty's wrote an argument when Brown(R) was elected to the Senate not many years ago to replace Kennedy in a special election after Kennedy's death, that he MUST be sworn in to office ASAP (Dems controlled the Senate at the time and were discussing the ACA). He was sworn in 16 days after the election ended, perhaps before the Sec of State provided the final certification on the vote. And the Dems suspended discussion on the ACA until he was there. Now McConnell is saying that Jones can't possibly be sworn in before the end of the current session of Congress at the end of the year, after the tax bill is voted on. There's no standard like a double standard when it comes to Republicans. You may have caught that the announcement that the reconciliation of the House and Senate versions was completed two hours before the committee tasked with doing it had their initial meeting.