WASHINGTON - On Tuesday, Doug Jones became the first Democrat in a quarter century to win a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama, defeating GOP candidate Roy Moore who was backed by President Donald Trump despite claims he molested underaged girls when he was in his thirties.

"Wish we would have gotten the seat," Trump told reporters the next day. "A lot of Republicans feel differently; they're very happy with the way it turned out. But I would have -- as the leader of the party, I would have liked to have had the seat. I want to endorse the people that are running."

Democratic wins in last month's Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial contests were also seen as rebukes to Trump in races where the victors linked Republicans to him.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi say those results bode well for Democratic election gains next year.

"The base was excited and came out," Schumer said after the Alabama results were in. "I think they are excited because they are seeing the positive things we are saying compared to the Republicans and Donald Trump."

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