Democratic candidate Doug Jones is in the run for Senate seat, but his chances of winning are still slim, considering the fact that Roy Moore, the Republican candidate is more popular and is supported by President Donald Trump. Recent poll shows that Moore is currently leading there.
The Democrat will have to work harder if he wants to increase his chances of representing Alabama in the Senate. For the past 20 years the largely Republican state has not had a Democrat senator representing it and has been dominated by the GOP. However, Jones may have the slightest chance of winning due to his brilliant U.S. attorney record, having prosecuted in 1996 the terrorists who bombed the Olympic Games.
What also makes it possible for him to win the seat is the fact that he worked as Howell Heflin‘s aide. Heflin was the last Democrat in the Senate to represent the state of Alabama, and was a likely candidate to be re-elected had he decided to run again. If Jones follows in the footsteps of Heflin he might have a chance of becoming Alabama’s representative in the U.S. Senate.
Despite Moore’s popularity in Alabama, he has proved to be quite controversial on many issues. In previous elections, both general and the Alabama supreme court elections of 2012 Moore had poor results, indicating that this time as well he may fare worse than Jones. The only serious liability for Jones is his refusal to support the ban on abortion and Alabama is a state which strongly opposes abortion. For now the final outcome is uncertain and remains to be seen in the December elections.
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