Doug Jones wins Democratic nomination for governor in Alabama
Jones won the Democratic primary after campaigning on public service and courtroom experience, setting up a rematch with Tommy Tuberville.
- Former Sen. Doug Jones secured the Democratic nomination for Alabama governor on Tuesday, winning 77 percent of the vote and setting up a November rematch against Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville.
- Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville won the Republican Primary to succeed term-limited Gov. Kay Ivey, opening a deeply conservative state Senate seat likely to trigger a competitive Republican Primary next year.
- Jones campaigned on his courtroom record, best known for prosecuting two Ku Klux Klan members in the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham. Democrats have not won the governor's office since 2003.
- Democratic leaders gathered at a watch party in Madison as results came in, shifting focus to voter outreach and grassroots campaigning over the next five months toward the November general election.
- The November general election marks one of Alabama's most closely watched races, pitting Jones against Tuberville in a rematch after their 2020 U.S. Senate contest in a state where Republicans have dominated statewide races.
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