Hvornår overtager vinderen af alabama's senat sit sæde?
United States Senate special election in Alabama, 2017
Efter valget anlagde Moore en sag for at forsøge at forhindre staten i at bekræfte valget og opfordrede til en undersøgelse af valgsvindel. Den 28. december 2017 afviste en dommer denne retssag, og statens embedsmænd godkendte valgresultatet og erklærede officielt Doug Jones for vinder. Jones blev taget i ed som præsident den 3. januar 2018 af vicepræsident Mike Pence. Jones blev den første demokrat, der vandt et statsligt valg i Alabama, siden den tidligere viceguvernør Lucy Baxley blev valgt som formand for Alabama Public Service Commission i 2008 over republikaneren Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh. Før det blev demokraten Jim Folsom Jr. valgt som viceguvernør i Alabama i 2006 over republikaneren Luther Strange. Den sidste demokrat, der vandt et forbundsstatsvalg i Alabama, var Richard Shelby i 1992, som skiftede til det republikanske parti i slutningen af 1994.
United States Senate special election in Alabama, 2017
After the election, Moore filed a lawsuit attempting to block the state from certifying the election and calling for an investigation into voter fraud. On December 28, 2017, a judge dismissed this lawsuit and state officials certified the election results, officially declaring Doug Jones the winner. Jones was sworn into office on January 3, 2018, by Vice President Mike Pence. Jones became the first Democrat to win a statewide race in Alabama since former Lieutenant Governor Lucy Baxley was elected President of the Alabama Public Service Commission in 2008 over Republican Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh. Prior to that, Democrat Jim Folsom Jr. was elected Lieutenant Governor of Alabama in 2006 over Republican Luther Strange. The last Democrat to win a federal statewide election in Alabama was Richard Shelby in 1992, who switched to the Republican Party in late 1994.
United States Senate special election in Alabama, 2017