U.S. Senate candidate Doug Jones (D) chats with constituents before a Democratic Senate candidate forum at the Princess Theatre in Decatur, Ala. on Aug. 3, 2017. After a string of high-profile defeats in special House elections, two of them in the Deep South, Democrats are approaching the Jones campaign carefully. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)“Roy Moore’s taken social stands that are completely out of step with Alabama,” Jones said. American Bridge, a progressive opposition research group, prepared a 21-page memo of research to help Jones and other Democrats target Moore. Jones, an Alabama native who became famous for the church bombing case, had fewer obvious vulnerabilities than those of other hopefuls.

Source: Washington Post September 27, 2017 15:27 UTC