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>> its getting extremely exciting. weve still got a ways to go. but this write in number has dropped roy moore under 50%. democrats thought they got to get this up to 2 -- >> and explain the write ins. these are republicans that didnt want to vote for roy moore. >> the state senator richard shelby, the last democratic to win a senate seat back in 1992 switched parties along with so many to be republican. he urged people -- he urged republicans to write somebody in. he said he could not vote for ...

The two but actually gave doug jones the huge advantage, the win? >> well, certainly, it looks that way, shannon. one of the things that needs to be accepted from that is that the people of alabama were trying to make a statement with those write-in votes and they wanted to make sure that those votes were recorded and were documented for the candidate of their choice other than one of the two candidates that were listed on the ballot. >> shannon: its always interesting to me to see that data whe...

Removed when a time when its name was tied to infamy, when it was tied to george wallace, when it was tied to about -- avowed and enthusiastic segregation. it is not something that alabamians are particularly interested in associating themselves with. that is why roy moore, in the past, was not only removed from office but struggled in statewide races and that is why when you put the added part on about the sex scandal, he just becomes a no-go and i think that is when you get those tens ofom tho...

Welcome back, everybody. its 32 minutes past the hour. welcome to our viewers around the united states. im john vause. >> and im isha sesay coming to you from los angeles. >> a remarkable upset in the red state of alabama. doug jones has repeated republican roy moore in the states contentious senate race. >> jones is the first democrat to be elected senator in alabama in more than 20 years. but so far, roy moore has refused to concede, even though the states republican party says this election i...

But it overwhelmed. just the write-ins alone, you saw the presidents tweet mentioning that number, and what was actually a very gracious tweet if you think about where the president has been on commenting on some of these races. >> shannon: the g.o.p. certainly did not want to lose a senate seat. that is not helpless for supreme court nominations or anything else i have going on over there. but in a way, does this eliminate some sort of headache that they wouldve had to deal with moving forward?...

Primary. >> again, all those things that make it a weird election, 22 plus write-ins. >> we shall know in the coming hours what the president taps out on that little screen. we will be watching closely. great conversation. all right, thank you for watching "cnn newsroom" live from los angeles. im isha sesay. >> im john vause. the news continues on cnn right after this. ♪ if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis,... ...isnt it time to let the real you shine through? maybe its time for ...

>> yeah, i think so. manchin, heidi heitkamp, joe donnelly, fitting all of that.nk so far, we should point out, democrats have held the line when the democratic leadership has said vote this way. even not discussing tax reform,s not to vote to argue tax reform on the senate floor. i would think it would be interesting to see how doug jones votes. i do believe that this race, as we called it, is going to turn out to be about three or four points. i will note that president trump weighed in on thr...

But it overwhelmed. just the write-ins alone, you saw the presidents tweet mentioning that number, and what was actually a very gracious tweet if you think about where the president has been on commenting on some of these races. >> shannon: the g.o.p. certainly did not want to lose e senate seat. that is not helpful for supreme court nominations or anything else they have going on over there. but in a way, does thise eliminate some sort of headache that they wouldve had to deal with moving forwa...

Is only a generation or two removed from when a time when its name was tied to infamy, when it was tied too george wallace, when it was tied toto avowed enthusiastic segregation. it is not something that alabamians are particularly interested in associating themselves with. that is why roy moore, in thee past, was not only removed from office, but struggled in statewide races and that is why you put the added part on about the sex scandal, he just becomes a no-go and i think that ised wn you get...

Underperformed. >> is turnout unusually high or low in any specific part of the state? do you want to give us some details? >> well, one of the things that were seeing in the jefferson county, birmingham area, were seeing larger numbers than usual. were also seeing higher numbers in the madison county area, in the huntsville area. and then in balling county and mobile, our numbers tend to be a little bit higher, as well. so thats been very, very interesting to observe those numbers. tuscaloosa c...