<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> A special election for the United States Senate in Alabama took place on December 12, 2017 to fill a vacancy in the Senate through the end of the term ending on January 3, 2021, arising from the resignation on February 8, 2017 of Jeff Sessions to serve as U.S. Attorney General . Democratic candidate Doug Jones defeated Republican candidate Roy Moore by a margin of 20,715 votes (1.5%). Jones is the first Democrat to win a U.S. Senate seat in the state since 1992 . </P> <P> On February 9, 2017, Governor Robert J. Bentley named Luther Strange, the Attorney General of Alabama, to fill the vacancy until a special election could take place . Jones, a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, won the Democratic primary election while Moore, a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama won the Republican primary, defeating Strange in the primary runoff . In late November, retired Marine Colonel Lee Busby launched a write - in campaign . </P>

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