Two new Senate Democrats sworn in as sexual misconduct stays in spotlight

• Doug Jones beat Roy Moore, accused of sexual assaulting teenagers
  
• Tina Smith replaces Al Franken, who faced sexual harassment accusations
  

Two new Democratic senators were sworn in on Wednesday as the national reckoning over sexual harassment continued to rock Washington.

Doug Jones, the first Alabama Democrat elected to the Senate in a generation, beat Republican Roy Moore, a staunch conservative accused of sexually assaulting teenage girls while he was in his 30s. Moore, who has yet to concede the race, denies the allegations.

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