MOBILE, Alabama — Alabama just taught incumbent Democratic Sen. Doug Jones the lesson that a superb campaign against an unimpressive opponent cannot make up for a senator consistently voting against his constituents’ views.

Jones was elected in a special election in a fluke when his Republican opponent, Roy Moore, got caught up in a scandal involving allegations of long-ago untoward advances toward teenage girls. Alabama is a heavily Republican, heavily conservative state. Jones is not just a Democrat, but a rather liberal one. He is especially liberal on abortion in an extremely pro-life state. He also voted against Trump’s judicial nominees Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett in a state that strongly supported both.