That’s a wrap on our live blog, folks. Alabama is blue. Weird, huh?
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.
We’ll have a lot more analysis of this race and all its implications, but in the meantime, if you’re curious how Moore lost and Jones won, start at the bottom of this live blog and scroll up.
As usual, I asked the FiveThirtyEight live blog team to give me their main headline coming out of this race. (And as usual, I realized many brilliant FiveThirtyEight-ers don’t understand how headlines work.) [Ed. note: Hey man, screw you.]
Nate: MOORE PROBLEMS
Julia: We’ve Dodged the Expulsion Bullet.
Perry: Alabama Turns Blue, Rather Than Elect Accused Child Molester
Clare: Democrat Wins Alabama; Hell Freezes Over
Anna: Alabama Judged Roy Moore
Dan: I didn’t think a state could move so much from turnout swings.
Harry: #metoo 1, Roy Moore 0
Meena: A Democrat Has Won In Deep-Red Alabama.
Meghan (a former Texan): Texas Is Next! LOL.
Colleen: Sleepy Editors Thank Alabama For Calling The Race Before Midnight
Sara: Black Voters Turned Out For Jones
Chad: Democrats May Have A Big-Tent Problem Before Long
Or, check out the headline proposals from friend-of-the-site Ariel Edwards-Levy in this thread: