With Tuberville’s Win, Alabama Senate Seat Flips Back Red

Head Coach Tommy Tuberville of the Cincinnati Bearcats at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Nov. 5, 2016. Kirk Irwin/Getty Images

Alabama is sending former college football coach Tommy Tuberville to Washington. On Nov. 3, he won the U.S. Senate election in the Yellowhammer State, beating Democrat Doug Jones.

With 83 percent of precincts reporting, Tuberville garnered 63 percent of the vote versus Jones’ 37 percent.