Alabama has elected Democrat Shomari Figures to Congress after courts forced the state to redraw district lines.

Previous districts drawn by Alabama Republicans diluted Black residents’ voting power, a federal judge ruled last year.

Shomari Figures will become the first Black person to hold the seat in Alabama after it was created after a Supreme Court ...

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 ... which only had one ...

MOBILE, Ala. — Shomari Figures, a former top aide to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, on Tuesday won election to Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, which was redrawn by a federal court to ...

Democrats were projected to win at least 208 House seats and Republicans 215 seats as of Friday. A party needs 218 seats in ...

Candidates in the closely watched Alabama 2nd Congressional District race make their closing arguments Monday in a contest ...

The Associated Press has called the Alabama District 2 Congressional election for Shomari Figures (D). Caroleene Dobson (R) took the stage and gave a speech late Tuesday night ...

With the victory by Shomari Figures, Alabama will most likely have two Black representatives in Congress at the same time for ...

Results are in for the Alabama Congressional District 1 seat. Baldwin County, Escambia County, Ala., and some Mobile County residents voted in the General Election between ...

While this is the lowest percent of statewide voter turnout since 1988, it isn't the lowest number of ballots cast.

The FBI and authorities in several states are investigating racist text messages sent to Black people nationwide this week ...