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Doug Jones counting on Alabama's African American voters - ABC News

posted onDecember 13, 2017
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Article snippet: Alabama's Democratic Senate candidate Doug Jones arrived to greet diners at Martha’s Place Buffet and Catering around lunch time on the eve of election day and found the largely African-American crowd at the Montgomery restaurant pleased he had stopped by. Roxanna Wingard, a local school bus driver, was inside having lunch when Jones, who is facing off against Republican Roy Moore in today's special election, came over. “I think it was really nice for him to come in, he didn’t look over nobody,” she told ABC News Monday. Wingard said she was voting for Jones the first chance she had and would take a “boatload” of people with her. “We are going to do this. We are going to win this,” Wingard said, predicting a Jones victory. “We are going to make history. It is time for a change.” Jones has been working hard over the last few months to rally Alabama's Cory Booker. Former President Barack Obama recorded a robocall for Jones that the campaign put to work in the final days. "Doug Jones is a fighter for equality, for progress," Obama says in the robocall, as first reported by CNN. "Doug will be our champion for justice. So get out and vote, Alabama." Many of the diners at Martha's on Monday said unequivocally they planned to vote for Jones and had seen him at other campaign events. African American turnout will be crucial for Jones as Moore has continued to garner strong support from white evangelical voters. Voters in more rural c... Link to the full article to read more

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