Winners And Losers From The Alabama Special Election

After what seems like years, the Alabama special election is over. The race to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions in the Senate featured votes spanning nearly four full months, featured one bizarre turn after another, and ended Tuesday night with Democrat Doug Jones pulling off the upset over Roy Moore, who faced allegations that he sexually assaulted teenage girls while he was in his 30s. Let’s break down the whole thing via winners and losers. WINNERS • Democrats’ Senate majority hopes: At the state of the cycle, the math for Democrats winning the Senate majority in 2018 – even in a very good environment – appeared prohibitive.