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Alabama Senate race 2017

Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones, as their respective party's nominees, accounted for more than 98 percent of the 1,348,720 ballots cast in the Alabama special Senate election on Dec. 12. Jones officially was certified as the state's Senator-elect on Dec. 28. He received 673,896 votes to Moore's 651,972. The remaining 22,852 votes were cast for write-in candidates. Here's a list of the top 10 write-in vote earners.

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Sen. Luther Strange

Alabama's current Senator received the most write-in votes, despite losing to Roy Moore in the Republican primary runoff election. With write-in totals from 41 of the state's 67 counties tallied, Strange has 5,822 votes.

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Lee Busby

Busby launched a write-in campaign after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced against Roy Moore. Busby is a 60-year-old retired Marine colonel who once served as a top aide to White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly. With results from 41 Alabama counties tallied, Busby has 3,696 votes.

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Mo Brooks

Brooks is a Republican congressman from Huntsville. Despite losing in the primary for the Republican Senate nomination, he drew a large number of write-ins, particularly in his home of Madison County. With 41 counties' write-ins tallied, Brooks has 999 votes.

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Ron Bishop

Bishop, a 50-year-old information technology professional who lives in Irondale, ran as a Libertarian write-in candidate. With totals counted in 41 Alabama counties, Bishop has 835 votes.

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions

Sessions made the of top vote earners for his old Senate seat. Sessions left Alabama's junior senator position to become President Donald Trump's attorney general. Sessions has 267 votes with ballot tallies from 41 counties.

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Nick Saban

Saban isn't just popular among college football fans. He's apparently popular among votes as well. The head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide has secured 264 write-in votes, with results from 41 counties tallied so far.

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Chandra Mills Crutcher

Crutcher, a write-in candidate from Huntsville, claimed 152 votes in Madison County alone. She's picked up a total of 185 votes, primarily in the northern part of the state, with 34 of the 67 counties' votes tabulated.