Topic: elections 2017

(AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Virginia's election standoff

Sophia Tesfaye
Doug Jones defeated his republican challenger Roy Moore to claim Alabama's U.S. Senate seat that was vacated by attorney general Jeff Sessions (Getty/Justin Sullivan)

Alabama miracle: Built on turnout

Amanda Marcotte
Doug Jones (AP/Brynn Anderson)

Doug Jones' shock victory: It's on Trump

Sophia Tesfaye
Roy Moore (AP/Brynn Anderson)

Republicans and Roy Moore: It's love!

Amanda Marcotte
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore speaks to the media during a news conference in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. He is accused of breaking judicial ethics during the fight over same-sex marriage in the state. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) (AP)

Moore accusers

Charlie May
Virginia Governor-elect Ralph Northam celebrates his election victory, Nov. 7, 2017. (AP/Cliff Owen)

Real lessons of Dems' Virginia win

Sophia Tesfaye
Jenny Durkan, right, joins supporters waving signs on Election Day, Nov. 7, 2017, in Seattle. (AP/Ted S. Warren)

White women strike back

Sophia Tesfaye