IN 2017, DOUG JONES DID THE UNTHINKABLE. He won a special election in Alabama for the U.S. Senate, defeating Republican Roy Moore by half a percentage point. At the time, it shocked the political system. Democrats were believed to be extinct in the Deep South.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to University of Alabama freshman Daniel DiDonato, whose senate redistricting map was chosen by a U.S. District Judge.
Former Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) officially started his bid for Alabama governor on Friday, sharing his campaign vision with voters at a Birmingham rally. Jones, the last Democrat to hold statewide office in Alabama,