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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. mlm/to
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2020-11-04
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NBC NewsDoug Jones (actor)ABC NewsAmerican footballCalifornia Republican PartyRoy MooreRepublican Party of MinnesotaAlabamaUnited States SenatePresident of the United StatesDonald TrumpTommy Tuberville2017 United States Senate special election in AlabamaBill Clinton sexual misconduct allegationsGulf Coast of the United StatesLegislative chamber
