EDIT: I ACCIDENTALLY POSTED THIS AFTER SEEING THE OTHER THREAD. CONTACTING MOD TO DELETE.
Who: Roy Moore (R, Alleged Pedophile) vs. Doug Jones (D, Not An Alleged Pedophile)
What: A special election for the United States Senate in Alabama is scheduled for to fill a vacancy in the Senate arising from the resignation on February 8, 2017, of Jeff Sessions, to serve as U.S. Attorney General. The winner of this election will fill the seat for the remainder of Sessions' term, due to end on January 3, 2021
When: Today (polls close at 8 p.m. EST)
Where: Alabama (roll damn tide)
Why: Following then-President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of then-Senator Sessions to be U.S. Attorney General, Robert Aderholt, a member of the United States House of Representatives, had asked to be appointed to the seat. Representative Mo Brooks had also expressed interest in the seat, while Strange had stated before being selected that he would run for the seat in the special election whether or not he was appointed. Other potential choices Bentley interviewed for the appointment included Moore, Del Marsh, the President Pro Tem of the Alabama Senate, and Jim Byard, the director of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.
