Pemilihan umum istimewa Senat Amerika Serikat di Alabama 2017: Perbedaan antara revisi

| election_name = Pemilihan umum khususistimewa Senat Amerika Serikat di Alabama 2017

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'''Pemilihan umum khususistimewa Senat Amerika Serikat di Alabama''' berlangsung pada tanggal 12 Desember 2017 untuk mengisi kekosongan kursi senator di [[Alabama]] setelah [[Jeff Sessions]] mengundurkan diri pada tanggal 8 Februari 2017 karena ia telah diangkat sebagai [[Jaksa Agung Amerika Serikat]]. Pada tanggal 9 Februari 2017, [[Gubernur Alabama]] [[Robert J. Bentley]] menugaskan [[Luther Strange]] untuk mengisi kekosongan ini hingga pemilu dapat diadakan. Bentley awalnya ingin mengadakannya bersamaan dengan [[pemilihan umum Amerika Serikat 2018|pemilihan umum tahun 2018]] untuk menghemat biaya.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2017/01/alabama_gov_robert_bentley_to_1.html | title=No special election to replace Sessions; Bentley says move could save $16 million|website=AL.com|access-date=January 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByClJVjsNBm5T0d6blNYUGFSSXM/view "Election to Fill the Vacancy of Sen. Jeff Sessions"], Legislative Reference Service (February 13, 2017).</ref> Setelah [[Kay Ivey]] menggantikan Bentley sebagai gubernur, ia menjadwalkan pemilu ini pada tanggal 12 Desember 2017.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Governor Ivey Moves US Senate Special Election to Adhere with State Law|url=http://governor.alabama.gov/news/press-releases/governor-ivey-moves-us-senate-special-election-to-adhere-with-state-law|publisher=Office of the Governor of Alabama|date=April 18, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2017}}</ref>

Mantan pengacara dan jaksa Amerika Serikat [[Doug Jones (politikus)|Doug Jones]] berhasil memenangkan konvensi [[Partai Demokrat (Amerika Serikat)|Partai Demokrat]], sementara [[Roy Moore]] yang merupakan mantan ketua hakim [[Mahkamah Agung Alabama]] menghadapi Luther Strange pada putaran kedua konvensi [[Partai Republik (Amerika Serikat)|Partai Republik]].<ref name="primary results">{{cite web|last1=Bloch|first1=Matthew|last2=Lee|first2=Jasmine|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/alabama-senate-special-election-primary|title=Alabama Election Results: Two Republicans Advance, Democrat Wins in U.S. Senate Primaries|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 15, 2017|accessdate=August 15, 2017}}</ref> Pada awalnya Presiden [[Donald Trump]] mendukung Luther Strange dan hampir semua anggota Partai Republik di tingkat nasional ingin agar Luther Strange menang.<ref>Ball, Molly. [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/the-alabama-primary-gets-moore-strange/537057/ “The Alabama Senate Race Gets Moore Strange”], ''[[The Atlantic]]'' (16 Agustus 2017).</ref><ref name="auto11">[http://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/wireStory/sexual-misconduct-accusations-transform-alabama-senate-race-51057413 “Sexual misconduct accusations transform Alabama Senate race”], Associated Press]] via [[ABC News]] (November 10, 2017): “Virtually the entire Republican establishment — including President Donald Trump — opposed Moore's primary bid in September.”</ref> Namun, Moore berhasil memenangkan konvensi Partai Republik pada September 2017.<ref name=Scherer>Scherer, Michael. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/moore-vs-strange-polling-opens-in-alabama-republican-primary/2017/09/25/9c7192f8-a253-11e7-b14f-f41773cd5a14_story.html “Moore wins Republican Senate primary, dealing blow to GOP establishment”] (September 27, 2017): “He also won despite a last-minute push by Trump for Strange that included a barrage of late tweets and a rally Friday in Alabama.”</ref><ref>Strauss, Daniel. [https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/26/alabama-senate-results-strange-moore-243175 “Moore crushes Strange in Alabama Senate primary”], [[Politico]] (September 26, 2017).</ref>

Pada pertengahan bulan November, beberapa perempuan menyatakan bahwa Moore telah melakukan tindakan asusila terhadap mereka saat Moore masih berumur tiga puluhan dan mereka masih remaja (yang paling muda berumur 14 tahun).<ref name="allegations">{{cite news |last1=McCrummen |first1=Stephanie |last2=Crites |first2=Alice |last3=Reinhard |first3=Beth |date=November 9, 2017 |title=Woman says Roy Moore initiated sexual encounter when she was 14, he was 32 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/woman-says-roy-moore-initiated-sexual-encounter-when-she-was-14-he-was-32/2017/11/09/1f495878-c293-11e7-afe9-4f60b5a6c4a0_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=November 9, 2017}}</ref><ref name = Tillett>{{cite news |last=Tillett |first=Emily |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/new-accuser-steps-forward-in-roy-moore-case-live-updates/ |title=New accuser steps forward in Roy Moore case – live updates |publisher=[[CBS News]] |date=November 13, 2017}}</ref> Akibatnya, banyak petinggi Partai Republik yang meminta Moore untuk mundur atau mencabut dukungan mereka terhadap Moore.<ref>{{cite news|last=Isenstadt|first=Alex|last2=Debenedetti|first2=Gabriel|title=Moore defiant as Senate Republicans sever ties|publisher=[[Politico]]|date=November 10, 2017|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/10/nrsc-drops-out-of-fundraising-agreement-with-moore-244783|accessdate=November 11, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Sullivan-171114">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/paul-ryan-joins-gop-calls-for-roy-moore-to-end-campaign-amid-sexual-misconduct-allegations/2017/11/14/65a4c824-c951-11e7-aa96-54417592cf72_story.html|title=Paul Ryan joins GOP calls for Roy Moore to end campaign amid sexual misconduct allegations|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 14, 2017|last=Sullivan|first=Sean|accessdate=November 14, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Sullivan">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mcconnell-calls-on-roy-moore-to-end-senate-campaign-following-accusations-of-sexual-misconduct/2017/11/13/1ca48d56-c890-11e7-aa96-54417592cf72_story.html|title=McConnell calls on Roy Moore to end Senate campaign following accusations of sexual misconduct|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 13, 2017|accessdate=November 13, 2017|last=Sullivan|first=Sean|last2=Viebeck|first2=Elise}}</ref> Namun, Moore masih didukung oleh [[Donald Trump]] dan banyak anggota partai Republik di Alabama.<ref>{{cite news|last=Berenson|first=Tessa|url=http://time.com/5018721/roy-moore-alabama-republican-party/|title=All the Ways Alabama Republicans Are Defending Roy Moore|date=November 10, 2017|work=Time|accessdate=November 10, 2017}}</ref> Pada saat informasi ini dibongkar, namanya sudah tidak dapat dikeluarkan dari surat suara. Banyak petinggi Partai Republik yang mengusulkan untuk menulis nama calon lain, seperti Luther Strange.<ref name="auto7">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/us/politics/roy-moore-alabama-republican.html|title=Republicans Try to Block Moore's Path as Candidate Denies Sexual Misconduct|last=Martin|first=Jonathan|date=November 10, 2017|work=The New York Times|accessdate=November 16, 2017|last2=Burns|first2=Alexander}}</ref> Moore sendiri menyatakan bahwa ia tidak pernah melakukan tindakan asusila, walaupun ia tidak menampik bahwa ia pernah mendekati atau berkencan dengan remaja yang berumur di atas 16 tahun saat ia masih berusia 30-an.<ref>Walsh, Deidre. [http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/16/politics/bradley-byrne-roy-moore/index.html “Alabama Rep. Bradley Byrne says he'll vote for Roy Moore”], [[CNN]] (November 16, 2017).</ref><ref name="The New Yorker Locals Were Troubled">{{cite magazine|last=Bethea|first=Charles|date=November 13, 2017|title=Locals Were Troubled by Roy Moore's Interactions with Teen Girls at the Gadsden Mall|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/locals-were-troubled-by-roy-moores-interactions-with-teen-girls-at-the-gadsden-mall|magazine=The New Yorker|issn=0028-792X}}<br />{{cite news|title=Roy Moore denies sexual misconduct allegations|url=http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/politics/southunionstreet/2017/11/10/roy-moore-denies-sexual-misconduct-allegations/853684001/|last=Lyman|first=Brian|date=November 10, 2017|work=Montgomery Adviser}}</ref>