Article snippet: The possible election of Doug Jones, a Democrat, in deep-red Alabama would alter the balance of power in the Senate and could dramatically change the GOP’s agenda in 2018. A Jones win would put more pressure on Senate Majority Leader MORE (R-Wis.) in 2018. If the Senate Republican majority shrinks by one seat — giving them a razor thin 51-49 majority — it will give more leverage to GOP moderates such as Sens. MORE (Tenn.). But it will also empower maverick conservatives such as Sens. MORE (R-Ky.), who have threatened at times this year to derail the GOP agenda to win concessions. In other words, a Jones win will make McConnell’s job a lot harder if he sticks to his strategy of passing major bills with party-line Republican support. Republicans had vowed to return to the health-care debate and legislation sponsored by Sens. MORE (R-S.C.) to largely replace ObamaCare with block grants to states. However, a Jones win would likely snuff that plan out completely. Jones has come out against Republican plans to replace ObamaCare. A Fox News poll released Monday showed Jones leading Republican candidate Roy Moore, who faces multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, by 10 points. Other polls have shown Moore ahead. “It gives more leverage to your outlying members like Collins and Corker if you continue to run the Senate like you have so far, where everything is negotiated out of the public ... put on the floor and pushed through,” said James Wallner, a former longtime Se... Link to the full article to read more