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Republican Tommy Tuberville has declared victory in Alabama’s gubernatorial race, but Democrat Doug Jones hasn’t conceded. Tuberville, Alabama’s senior U.S. senator, earned 813,042 votes, or 52.86%, according to unofficial election night returns from the secretary of state’s website as of 11:27 p.m. Jones had 719,606…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – After thousands of miles traveled and countless campaign events, Alabama’s gubernatorial nominees are making their closing arguments to voters in the last few days of the race. Democrat and former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones and Republican and current U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville have laid out their policy…