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Tommy Tuberville easily defeated Doug Jones in the hotly contested Alabama senate race. Business Insider has declared Tuberville the winner, two hours after the polls closed. Tuberville won 638,695 votes, which is 57.81% of the vote. Jones won 466,080, roughly 42.19% of the vote. Tuberville is a former Auburn University football coach.
Republican Tommy Tuberville is running to unseat Democratic Senator Doug Jones in Alabama. Jones is the lone Democratic Senator from the Deep South. He barely won a December 2017 special election for the Senate seat. He faces an uphill battle against Tuberville. Tuberville is a former Auburn University football coach. He has earned President Donald Trump's endorsement. Polls in Alabama close at 7 p.m. local time and 8 p.m.
Sen. Doug Jones is the only Democratic Senator from the Deep South. He is running against Tommy Tuberville in Alabama. In December 2017 Jones narrowly won a special election to replace former Sen. Jeff Sessions. According to Business Insider Jones now faces much tougher odds against Tuberville. Tuberville is a former Auburn University football coach. He has earned President Donald Trump's endorsement. He easily defeated Sessions in a July runoff.
GOP Sen. Tom Tillis is holding his own against challenger, Former State Senator Cal Cunningham. The two are battling over Tillis' North Carolina Senate seat. Business Insider say this election is one of the most closely watched of the entire 2020 election. Tillis, who was first elected in the Republican wave year of 2014, is up for a tough re-election battle in 2020. Cunningham has solid fundraising numbers in his campaign. Polls in North Carolina close at 7:30pm EST.
Despite US President Donald Trump's vocal push for a new COVID-19 stimulus package, it appears unlikely that one will come before Election Day. On Tuesday, Business Insider reports Trump signaled he wanted an ever-larger deal than the $2.2 trillion bill proposed by House Democrats. But according to Business Insider, Senate Republicans are skeptical that anything is going to happen anytime soon. It's getting to be toward the last minute. And the clock keeps ticking away. And I'm not optimistic about us doing anything. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)Chairman, Senate Appropriations Committee Furthermore, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has pushed for a far slimmer package than Democrats and the president. The GOP has prioritized Supreme Court Justice confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett over economic relief for Americans. But on Tuesday, Trump phoned in to 'Fox and Friends' to say he wants a stimulus program even larger than the Democrats' proposed $2.2 trillion package.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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