congressional districts

As the United States awaits a winner in the presidential race between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, polls have closed in Alabama. All seven of the Yellowhammer State's congressional districts were up for election this year. Here are the latest election results, declared by The Associated Press.

Alabama voters are deciding who will represent a congressional district redrawn after a lengthy redistricting battle. Democrat Shomari Figures is a former top aide to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. He faces Republican Caroleene Dobson, an attorney and political newcomer.

Alabama voters are getting the chance to cast their votes for president and other local races during the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Polling locations will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Yellowhammer State. Those looking to cast a ballot must present a valid form of photo identification.

AL-02 Democratic nominee Shomari Figures has reportedly raised one of the largest amounts ever raised in a single quarter by a Democrat congressional candidate in Alabama. Figures and Republican Caroleene Dobson are running to represent Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District.

Congressional hopefuls Shomari Figures and Caroleene Dobson clashed in a sometimes heated debate Thursday. Figures, a Democrat, and Dobson, a Republican, are running to represent Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District.

Congressional hopefuls Shomari Figures and Caroleene Dobson clashed in a Wednesday debate. The two candidates running for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District met in a candidate forum in Montgomery.

Federal judges have selected new congressional lines for Alabama ensuring a second district where Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate. The judges ordered the state to use the new lines in the 2024 elections.

Republicans have not released their ideas for redrawing Alabama’s congressional districts to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, leading Democrats on Thursday to accuse the GOP legislative majority of shutting them, and the public, out of the process ahead of next week’s special session.

Alabama will have to move quickly to comply with a court order to draw congressional districts for the 2024 elections. Judges indicated Friday that they will give legislators until July 21 to adopt a new map.

This week's Supreme Court decision ordering Alabama to redraw its congressional districts was seen by many minority lawmakers and voting rights activists as a stunning victory with the potential to become a major stepping stone for undoing political maps that dilute the strength of communities of color.