Doug Jones, the civil rights champion who beat Roy Moore in Alabama
Jones is the first Democrat since 1992 to win a Senate race in Alabama, handing a major boost to the US opposition party
Montgomery — Doug Jones, the Democrat who pulled off a stunning upset victory in Alabama’s nail-biter Senate contest on Tuesday, is considered a champion for civil rights in a state that played a seminal role in the 1960s movement. Jones, 63, had never run for office before throwing his hat into the ring in Alabama — and as a believer in climate change and abortion rights was initially given no chance in the solidly Republican state, where President Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton by 28 points. In defeating the Republican Roy Moore — whose campaign was dogged by claims of sexual misconduct — Jones becomes the first Democrat since 1992 to carry a Senate race in Alabama, handing a major boost to the beleaguered US opposition party. The former US attorney earned his reputation with the successful prosecution of two members of the Ku Klux Klan for a 1963 dynamite attack on a black church in Birmingham, Alabama. The infamous Sunday morning bombing of the 16th Street Baptis...
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