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Ex-Auburn, Cincinnati HC Tommy Tuberville Elected to US Senate

Former Auburn and Cincinnati head football coach has been elected to the United States Senate after defeating incumbent Doug Jones in Alabama, per the Associated Press.

Tuberville, a Republican, held a 11-point lead in the latest Auburn University poll, per Real Clear Politics. He held 594,368 votes to Jones' 368,401 votes in "incomplete, unofficial returns" at 9:11 p.m. ET, when the AP called the race, per Brian Lyman of the Montgomery Advertiser.

Tuberville will begin his term in January, per Lyman.

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