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Former candidates Jermaine Burrell and Lawrence Battiste backed Drummond, now the only Black candidate in a city with 47.5% ...
Alabama has elected 190 members to the U.S. House for over 205 years, but it achieved a first last week: Two Black residents ...
Whether Alabama’s congressional districts violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act because they discriminate against Black voters. We succeeded in winning a new map for 2024 elections which, for the ...
With the Aug. 5 municipal election right around the corner, these are the people who qualified for election in their ...
Streaming on "News 5 Now": A bill to possibly change how elections are handled in Alabama, racist texts sent to Black students across the country, and plans for a medical park in Foley.
Qualifying ended Tuesday for candidates who intend to be on the ballot in the August municipal elections.
Nearly 125,000 additional Alabama voters would likely cast a ballot in the 2024 general election, including approximately 33,000 Black Alabamians and 3,000 Hispanic Alabamians. Same-day voter ...
Federal judges ruled Alabama discriminated against Black residents in drawing congressional districts, and now the court must decide whether to require the state receive federal approval of its maps.
Alabama is a consistently red state, with more than 60% of its voters casting ballots for the Republican Party’s candidate in every presidential election since 2004.
It resulted in the 2024 election of a Black Democrat — Rep. Shomari Figures. So Alabama now has two Black members of Congress, out of its seven seats in the U.S. House.
A federal court says Alabama can't use a congressional map it found unconstitutional. The ruling comes in a voting rights case that resulted in the state getting a second Black member of Congress.