Doug Jones was formally certified as the winner of Alabama’s US Senate election this month, as the state ignored a last-ditch legal challenge by the Republican Roy Moore. “I have stood for the truth about God and the constitution for the people of Alabama,” Moore said. Photograph: Marvin Gentry/X02859The Alabama Senate seat was left vacant by Jeff Sessions, who was chosen by Donald Trump to serve as attorney general. Shortly after the election, Trump, who backed Moore’s opponent in the primary, called on the beaten man to concede. Jones’s victory has narrowed the Republican Senate majority to 51-49, although he was not seated in time to vote on the GOP tax reform bill.

Source: The Guardian December 28, 2017 09:39 UTC