Shomari Figures

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who backed litigation that resulted in the redrawing of Alabama's 2nd Congressional District, called next week's election a historic opportunity for the state's voters. Holder appeared with the district's Democratic nominee Shomari Figures at a series of Monday campaign stops in Mobile.

The Alabama League of Women Voters is urging voters to see for themselves how their counties will handle things on election day. Public tests are being conducted on voting machines and local residents are being invited to watch.

Students at Alabama State University in Montgomery may be sharpening up questions ahead of a sit-down meeting with Texas U.S. House member Jasmine Crockett, who is scheduled to visit Alabama in support of Shomari Figures. He’s running for the state’s newly redrawn Congressional District 2 against Republican Caroleene Dobson. The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the new seat to better represent African American voters.

Voters in one Alabama Congressional district will make history in November. They’ll cast their first ever votes for a newly redrawn seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. The U.S. Supreme Court ordered deep red Alabama to redraw its political map to better represent African Americans. The APR news team spent the better part of the year investigating issues impacting voters in the new District 2. One hits many close to home.

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.

Alabama's newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District is sparking a heated election. Democrat Shomari Figures, a former top aide to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, is trying to flip the seat. Republican Caroleene Dobson, a real estate attorney and political newcomer, is attempting to keep the seat in GOP hands