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Podcast: Alabama, Tangled Up in Blue

Doug Jones victory down South scrambles politics, legislation

Democrat Doug Jones’ victory in Alabama has turned politics upside down. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Democrat Doug Jones’ victory in Alabama has turned politics upside down. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Jason Dick and Bridget Bowman
Posted December 13, 2017 at 1:35pm

Roll Call politics reporter Bridget Bowman, who is on the ground in Alabama, discusses how Democrat Doug Jones’ win is reverberating in the political sphere and how it could affect Congress in the coming year as lawmakers prepare for the 2018 midterm elections. 

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