Civil rights advocate Doug Jones racked up a stunning victory Tuesday night, defeating Republican Roy Moore to become Alabamas first Democratic senator in 25 years.

The race for Attorney General Jeff Sessions vacated Senate seat was dominated by several sexual misconduct allegations leveled against Moore, with Jones candidacy and record often receding to the background.

You might have heard that Jones was the prosecutor who convicted two Ku Klux Klan members in the 1990s who had been responsible for the 1963 Birmingham church bombing that killed four black girls. Here are five more key things to know about Alabamas new Democratic senator-elect.

1. He was in high school during desegregation of Alabamas public schools.

Jones grew up in 1960s Alabama, a violent era he cites as the reason why he devoted his legal career to championing civil rights. Jones was a member of student government who worked to build relationships and befriend the newly admitted black students.

2. This sentence appears on his campaign website: I want to be perfectly clear: I believe in science.

The career prosecutor opposed President Donald Trump s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change, and he identified the environment as one of the six key priorities of his candidacy.

Clean air and clean water are not controversial, Jones wrote on his website . They are essential to our health, our prosperity, and our quality of life.