Roy Moore Wins in Alabama

It was a devastating loss for the Washington establishment: Former state Supreme Court justice Roy Moore decisively defeated Sen. Luther Strange in Alabama's Republican Senate primary runoff.

Roy Moore’s victory in Alabama and Bob Corker’s retirement in Tennessee on Tuesday sent shock waves across the Capitol and shivers down the spines of institutionalists in both parties. The dual developments are fueling concerns about the long-term health of the world’s greatest deliberative body and heightening fears that the center may not hold in American politics.