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I'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/
