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Jones in quarantine after wife tests positive for COVID-19

By Kim Chandler Dec. 30, 2020 07:49 PM EST
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Doug Jones will spend the final days of his term in quarantine after his wife tested positive for COVID-19. ...

FILE - In this July 26, 2020 file photo, the casket of Rep. John Lewis moves over the Edmund Pettus Bridge by horse drawn carriage during a memorial service for Lewis, in Selma, Ala. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Pandemic deaths and economic fallout are top Alabama story

By Jay Reeves Dec. 28, 2020 07:24 AM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington before boarding Marine One. As he prepares to exit the White House, President Donald Trump is rewarding some supporters and like-minded allies with the perks and prestige that come with serving on federal advisory boards and commissions. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
The Latest: Biden says election workers showed courage

Dec. 14, 2020 09:44 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2020, file photo, President-elect Joe Biden, right, embraces his son Hunter Biden, left, in Wilmington, Del. Biden’s son Hunter says he has learned from federal prosecutors that his tax affairs are under investigation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
Biden's transition contends with probe into son's finances

By Jonathan Lemire, Eric Tucker And Will Weissert Dec. 11, 2020 12:19 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2020, file photo, President-elect Joe Biden, right, embraces his son Hunter Biden, left, in Wilmington, Del. Biden’s son Hunter says he has learned from federal prosecutors that his tax affairs are under investigation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
Biden's transition contends with probe into son's finances

By Jonathan Lemire, Eric Tucker And Will Weissert Dec. 10, 2020 05:52 PM EST

President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, to announce his health care team. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Election 2020 Today: Supreme Court nixes GOP's Pa. vote bid

By The Associated Press Dec. 09, 2020 07:55 AM EST

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., with his wife former Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz., participates in a re-enactment of his swearing-in Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, by Vice President Mike Pence in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)
Arizona's Kelly is sworn into Senate, narrowing GOP edge

By Alan Fram Dec. 02, 2020 03:40 PM EST

Alabama certifies election results, record absentee voting

By Kim Chandler Nov. 23, 2020 05:08 PM EST
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama officials on Monday certified results of the Nov. 3 election that saw a record number of absentee ballots cast during the COVID...

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2020, file photo, volunteers distribute coffee as voters wait in long lines to cast their ballots during early voting at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in in Indianapolis. The wait to vote at this location is expected to be over 5 hours. The 2020 presidential election had all the makings of a looming disaster: fears of Russian meddling, violence at the polls, voter intimidation and poll workers fleeing their posts over the coronavirus. But the election was largely smooth, in large part because 107 million voters that cast their ballots early and took the pressure off Election Day operations. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
States cite smooth election, despite Trump's baseless claims

By Christina A. Cassidy, Anthony Izaguirre And Julie Carr Smyth Nov. 10, 2020 05:11 PM EST

Republican Tommy Tuberville celebrates his win in the race for U.S. Senate, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Tuberville backs Trump's unsupported cheating claim

By Kim Chandler Nov. 06, 2020 02:20 PM EST

Republican Senate candidate Sen. Mitch McConnell, second from right, and his wife, Elaine Chao, right, look on as aides show him the election results in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Democrats' Senate drive halted by GOP; key races undecided

By Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick Nov. 05, 2020 12:28 AM EST

Democratic Senate candidate Jamie Harrison thanks his supporters at an election watch party in Columbia, S.C., after losing the Senate race to incumbent Lindsey Graham, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (Jeff Blake/The State via AP)
Democrats' Senate drive halted by GOP; key races undecided

By Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick Nov. 04, 2020 12:41 PM EST

Republican Senator-elect Tommy Tuberville throws toy footballs to supporters at his watch party at the Renaissance Hotel on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
GOP maintains lock on Alabama as Trump, Tuberville win big

By The Associated Press Nov. 04, 2020 09:55 AM EST

Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, gestures during his concession speech Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Birmingham, Ala. Jones lost to Republican Tommy Tuberville. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett)
Alabama voters approve gun proposal for Franklin County

Nov. 03, 2020 08:02 PM EST

Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., prepares to speak to supporters with his wife Cindy during his election watch party in Bozeman, Mont., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Tommy Martino)
Senate Latest: Kelly win gives Arizona 2 Democratic senators

Nov. 03, 2020 07:33 PM EST

AP VoteCast: Alabama voters mixed on state of nation

Nov. 03, 2020 05:01 PM EST
Voters in Alabama made their pick for president while holding mixed views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American...

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roger Marshall celebrates his win, at an election watch party in Topeka, Kan., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
Democrats losing paths to Senate control as GOP hangs on

By Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick Nov. 03, 2020 05:31 AM EST

FILE - In this June 9, 2020, file photo Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, speaks to reporters following the weekly Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., center, and Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., right, listen. Republican senators are fighting to save their majority against an onslaught of challengers in states once off limits to Democrats that are now hotbeds of the backlash to President Donald Trump and his allies on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
GOP tries to save its Senate majority, with or without Trump

By Lisa Mascaro Nov. 01, 2020 07:58 AM EST

Long absentee lines draw vote suppression criticism

By Kim Chandler Oct. 29, 2020 08:52 PM EDT
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The final day of in-person absentee voting in Alabama brought long lines, accusations of voter suppression and unsettled questions over...

FILE - In this Monday, June 22, 2020, file photo, Republican U.S. Senate candidate John James speaks at Weir Farms in Hanover Township, Mich. First-term Democratic Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan is trying to hang onto his seat. The low-key, understated, maybe even “boring” senator is betting voters care more about his effectiveness as he desperately fights to keep a seat his party is counting on to take the Senate majority. Peters is finding it tougher to shake Republican John James. Michigan has something it has not seen in 20 years: a competitive Senate contest. (AP Photo/David Eggert, File)
Parties' late spending on Senate races shows GOP's jeopardy

By Alan Fram Oct. 23, 2020 12:23 PM EDT