MONTGOMERY, Ala., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Roy Moore, trying to get his job back as Alabama Supreme Court chief justice, was in a tight battle Tuesday with Democrat Bob Vance, early returns showed.
With 65 of returns counted, Vance had 51 percent of the vote to 49 percent for Moore -- a controversial figure in Alabama politics who was removed as chief justice following repeated battles over displaying the Ten Commandments in his courtroom.
His removal came after he refused to obey a federal court order to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from the Alabama Judicial Building.
Moore was a candidate for governor in 2006, losing a challenge to the incumbent Republican Gov. Bob Riley.
He ran for governor again in a losing campaign in 2010.
Alabama voters were also deciding the future of Amendment 6, which would amend the state Constitution to "prohibit any person, employer, or health care provider from being compelled to participate in any healthcare system."
The vote would be a symbolic rejection of the Affordable Care Act, AL.com reported.
Gov. Robert Bentley said Tuesday he supported Amendment 6, calling the federal healthcare reform law "the worst piece of legislation that has ever been passed in my lifetime by Congress."
