Alabama congressional district redrawn to better represent Black voters sparks competitive race
Democrat Shomari Figures, who worked in the Obama White House and as a former top aide to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, is trying to flip the seat, which was redrawn after a lengthy redistricting battle.
Terri Sewell, D-District 7 “After numerous hearings, three Supreme Court rulings, and unprecedented defiance by state officials, the voters of Alabama finally have a fair congressional map!” ...
The U.S. District Court ruled for the state that year, but the U.S. Supreme Court vacated ... Pryor wrote that the Legislature “faced a difficult task” when it redistricted Alabama map in 2012 ...
Weeks before the 2024 election, early voting by mail or in person will be available in most states — here's a map with more ...
The ruling means that Alabama will have to redraw its congressional map to include a second majority-black district. Although the state's voting-age population is about 27% black, the current ...
Milligan, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the proposed Alabama congressional district map was gerrymandered, discriminating against Black voters. While the state initially refused to ...
The district was redrawn after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed Alabama had likely illegally diluted the influence of Black voters when it redrew the state’s congressional maps. The non-partisan ...
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