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Republicans reclaim US Senate seat in Alabama: networks
WASHINGTON, Nov 4, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – A retired American football coach won his US Senate race Tuesday in Alabama, providing Republicans a vital win as President Donald Trump’s party scrambles to preserve its majority in the chamber.
Tommy Tuberville, 66, handily defeated Democratic Senator Doug Jones — seen as the most vulnerable Democrat this election cycle — in the Gulf Coast state, ABC News and NBC News projected.
Jones had faced very steep reelection odds in a ruby-red southern state after winning in a special election upset in 2017 against Roy Moore, a flawed Republican candidate who had faced sexual misconduct allegations.
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