Democratic Senate nominee Doug Jones released his first TV ad ahead of the Alabama’s December special election, saying that “Washington is broken” and that both parties need a “reality check.”

Jones, a former U.S. attorney, has an uphill battle in a ruby red state as he vies to win the seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff SessionsJefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsMcCabe, Rosenstein spar over Russia probe Rosenstein takes fire from Republicans in heated testimony Rosenstein defends Mueller appointment, role on surveillance warrants MORE. Democrats haven’t held a Senate seat in Alabama since 1997.

“I’m running for the U.S. Senate because our leaders have lost sight of what it means to serve,” Jones said in the 30-second ad. “Continuing to divide us won’t make a positive difference in people’s lives.”

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Jones will face off against Republican nominee Roy Moore, a former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice who won his party’s runoff last month.

While Alabama is a Republican stronghold, Democrats feel emboldened to compete for the seat given Moore’s controversial tenure as a judge and polling that shows Jones behind by only single digits.

A poll last week found Moore leading Jones by 8 points, despite President Trump winning Alabama by 28 points in 2016. Jones has also gotten some Democratic heavy hitters to come stump for him: Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE campaigned with Jones last week in Alabama. At the rally, he urged voters that the upper chamber doesn’t “need another extremist.”

Moore has come under fire for some controversial remarks in the past, including remarks from 2005 where he said that homosexuality should be illegal.

Jones and Moore will square off in a general special election on Dec. 12.