It is a political race that has captured the attention of the nation and now it is decision time for Alabama voters.
- Republican Roy Moore was twice ousted as state Supreme Court justice
- Democrat Doug Jones was a former U.S. attorney
Republican Roy Moore, battling it out amid allegations of sexual misconduct, hopes to wins a Senate seat over Democrat Doug Jones and various independent and third-party candidates in a special election.
Depending on who is making the case, Alabama’s special Senate election Tuesday is about either continuing the “Trump miracle” in Washington or allowing “decency” to prevail back home.
At the center is Moore — "Judge Moore" — to his supporters. The 70-year-old Republican was twice ousted as state Supreme Court chief justice after flouting federal law, and now he is attempting a political resurrection amid accusations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls when he was in his 30s.
In Moore’s path is Jones, 63, a former U.S. attorney best known for prosecuting two Ku Klux Klansmen who killed four black girls in a 1963 church bombing.
The two are battling over the Senate seat left open left open when President Donald Trump tapped Jeff Sessions to be U.S. Attorney General.
Sessions himself has said there is no reason to doubt Moore’s accusers.
Moore has been under fire recently, as several woman stepped forward and claimed he had pursued them when they were teenage girls.
Polls from the last two weeks have yielded mixed results.
Monday night, it was the final push in Alabama on both sides, including from the candidates themselves.
"This is election is for the people of Alabama. We dare defend our rights and we will defend our rights," said Moore before a room filled with supporters.
"It is time that we put our decency our state, before political party," Jones told his crowd.
Online, people are hitting Twitter as this election trends.
AL voters are too smart to let the media & Estab Repubs & Dems tell them how to vote. I hope the spirit of Lynyrd Skynyrd is alive/well in AL. “A southern man don’t need them around anyhow & Watergate does not bother me, does your conscience bother you, tell me true?@MooreSenate
— Jerry Falwell (@JerryFalwellJr) December 12, 2017
I’m down in Alabama today talking to the incredible, hard-working people behind the #DougJonesForSenate Campaign. Make your voice count, Alabama. #vote #AlabamaSenateRace pic.twitter.com/Cur5VkLsdb
— Uzo Aduba (@UzoAduba) December 11, 2017
While much remains unclear, what is certain is that the final decision is now in the hands of Alabama voters.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.