You are correct. He will lose his next election. GOPe forced a canadate and he lost to a local phenomenon. Then everyone stayed home after the republican primary because it was all screwed up by that time. Roy pulled a Hillary and didn’t campaign and counted his chicks before they hatched. 2020 will put the universe back to its natural state. Until then there is a slight tilt to the left.
That, and Richard Shelby got on national television and urged the people of Alabama to "write in" some other candidate's name. Alabama had a record 22,000 or so "write in" votes, which is exactly the amount which would have won the election for the Republican candidate.
The National party pulled funding, which of course reinforced the impression that Moore was "guilty" of the accusation of child molestation and attempted rape. Jeff Flake, (may someone knock all of his teeth out) made a very public and national news getting display of writing a check to the Democrat opponent.
Moore was advised not to campaign because it was clear that the leftest forces operating the smear campaign had intended to use agents provocateurs to harass and intimidate him at any campaign events towards the end. Had he been appearing in public, the enemy would have made a publicity spectacle of it.