Previous districts drawn by Alabama Republicans diluted Black residents’ voting power, a federal judge ruled last year.
Shomari Figures became just the fourth Black representative from Alabama since Reconstruction with his win on Nov. 5.
While this is the lowest percent of statewide voter turnout since 1988, it isn't the lowest number of ballots cast.
One of the plaintiff's in Allen v. Milligan, which led to Alabama's Congressional Map being chosen by three federal court ...
The Shomari Figures win on Tuesday might still play a pivotal role in the House majority, which might not be determined until ...
Last summer, the Supreme Court decided that Alabama’s congressional maps, which only had one majority-Black district, were unconstitutional. A new 2nd Congressional District, with a near-majority ...
As of Wednesday morning the Associated Press had called winners in every race but the 3rd Congressional ... Alabama, Georgia, ...
Shomari Figures will become the first Black person to hold the seat in Alabama after it was created after a Supreme Court ...
Democrat Shomari Figures won election to a U.S. House seat representing Alabama on Thursday. Republican Rep. Barry Moore, who currently represents the district, is running in the neighboring 1st ...
Shomari Figures’ win will give Alabama a second Black representative in their congress for the first time in the state’s ...
Shomari Figures won an Alabama congressional seat in a district that was redrawn last year after the Supreme Court weighed in ...
As of 10:25 pm, with sixty of Alabama’s sixty seven counties reporting their vote tallies, NBC News is projecting that ...