Barry Moore wins Alabama's U.S. Senate race
The Republican congressman defeated Birmingham attorney Everett Wess by double-digits in Tuesday's midterm election.
U.S. Representative Barry Moore, R-Alabama, will be Alabama’s next U.S. senator.
Moore defeated Democratic nominee Everett Wess in Tuesday’s midterm election with 54.7 percent of the vote to Wess' 45.2 percent.
Moore will serve as Alabama’s junior senator alongside U.S. Senator Katie Britt, succeeding Tommy Tuberville, who ran for governor.
Moore, who received the endorsement of President Donald Trump, celebrated his victory at an official watch party in Auburn on Tuesday night. In his victory speech, the senator-elect described what he views as an ongoing “spiritual battle” across the country.
“Just thank y’all so much. There is a great fight for our nation. It’s a spiritual battle. We understand the fight,” Moore said. “I think many times in D.C. we think we’re fighting against the Democrats or we’re fighting against the left—sometimes we think we’re fighting against our own party—but there’s a spiritual battle for the future of the nation, and we have to understand what we’re up against.”
“I said this at the Trump rally in Mobile. I said, ‘Very often it’s hard to imagine that you’d have trans and Islam and Palestine all on the same side of the battle and we’d be on the other side, unless it’s a spiritual battle,’” Moore continued. “The lines are clearly defined. So y’all keep our nation in your prayers, and we’ve got some challenges ahead of us, obviously, but I don’t think the Lord’s done with this nation. And as the president talks about the golden age of America, there’s an opportunity to see a golden age of Alabama. Governor Tuberville’s going to be the governor and we’re going to be in the Senate. The delegation’s going to work well together.”
Moore pledged to continue pursuing pro-business policies as a member of the Senate while also taking shots at Democratic governments in states such as California, which he described as the “tyrants of the nation.”
“Alabama, if you look at our GDP, it actually outpaced California and Texas since we’ve been keeping records, and it’s because of pro-business, low taxes, low regulations,” Moore said. “I always say it’s fine if they want to come to Alabama. We want to grow the economy, but don’t California our Alabama, alright? So frustrating. I mean, you see it happening in Texas. You see it happening across the country. People flee the blue governments, the tyrants of the nation. They flee to get liberty and freedom, and then they come to these red states and they vote for everything they ran from. So we have to make sure we hold the line. We have to continue to protect your liberty.”
“My number one job is to protect your liberty in this nation, and we’re going to continue so you live in a free country,” Moore concluded. “We’re going to hold the line. Y’all keep our nation in your prayers, and thank you for being here tonight. God bless you guys and God bless America.”
Wess’ campaign did not immediately respond to APR’s request for comment following Moore’s victory.
Moore will take office in January at the start of the 120th Congress.
