2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2017_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Alabama
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gptkbp:instanceOf United States Senate special election
gptkbp:appointedSenatorBeforeElection gptkb:Luther_Strange
gptkbp:cause resignation of Jeff Sessions
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date August 15, 2017
December 12, 2017
gptkbp:defeatedBy gptkb:Roy_Moore
gptkbp:DemocraticNominee gptkb:Doug_Jones
gptkbp:DemocraticPrimaryRunnerUp gptkb:Robert_Kennedy_Jr.
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:2020_United_States_Senate_election_in_Alabama
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Kay_Ivey
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama
gptkbp:incumbent gptkb:Luther_Strange
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Alabama
gptkbp:notableEndorsement Barack Obama endorsed Doug Jones
Donald Trump endorsed Luther Strange in primary
Joe Biden endorsed Doug Jones
Mitch McConnell supported Luther Strange in primary
Donald Trump endorsed Roy Moore in general election
gptkbp:notableFor national media attention
first Democratic U.S. Senator elected from Alabama since 1992
African American voter turnout
allegations of sexual misconduct against Roy Moore
close margin of victory
gptkbp:officeContested United States Senator from Alabama
gptkbp:otherCandidates write-in candidates
gptkbp:partyOfDefeatedCandidate gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:percentageForDougJones 50.0%
gptkbp:percentageForRoyMoore 48.3%
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:2014_United_States_Senate_election_in_Alabama
gptkbp:primaryRunoffDate September 26, 2017
gptkbp:RepublicanNominee gptkb:Roy_Moore
gptkbp:RepublicanPrimaryRunnerUp gptkb:Luther_Strange
gptkbp:triggeredBy Jeff Sessions appointed U.S. Attorney General
gptkbp:type special election
gptkbp:voterTurnout 40.5%
gptkbp:votesForDougJones 673,896
gptkbp:votesForRoyMoore 651,972
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Doug_Jones
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Doug_Jones_2017_Senate_campaign
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5