Figures wins Alabama’s redrawn Second Congressional District

Figures wins Alabama’s redrawn 2nd Congressional District
Alabama voters are deciding who will represent a congressional district redrawn after a lengthy redistricting battle.
Shomari Figures Wins in District Where Alabama GOP Tried to Dilute Black Vote
Previous districts drawn by Alabama Republicans diluted Black residents’ voting power, a federal judge ruled last year.
Alabama House District 2-Elect Shomari Figures already getting to work
MOBILE, Ala. ( WALA) - Shomari Figures claimed victory Tuesday night, in the race for Alabama’s newly drawn second congressional district. Figures, who went up against Republican Caroleene Dobson, earned 54% of the vote, with the majority coming out of Mobile.
Shomari Figures wins bid to represent Alabama district embroiled in Supreme Court case
Shomari Figures, the Black Democrat running in an Alabama congressional district redrawn last year by a court order, has won the seat over Republican Caroleene Dobson, NBC News projects.
NBC Projection: Shomari Figures wins Alabama’s newly redrawn Congressional Seat in District 2
As of 10:25 pm, with sixty of Alabama’s sixty seven counties reporting their vote tallies, NBC News is projecting that Democrat Shomari Figures has won the State’s newly redrawn Congressional District two.
Election results 2024: Trump wins president, Shomari Figures wins Alabama U.S. House seat, election map and more
Live results of the 2024 general election in Alabama, including the presidential race with Donald Trump and Kamala Harris and Alabama's 2nd Congressional District with Shomari Figures and Caroleene Dobson.
Figures, Dobson make closing pitches to voters in Alabama congressional race
The two candidates for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, which was redrawn by a federal court after a lengthy redistricting battle, made their final campaign pushes this week, seeking to drive turnout in the race that could play a role in the battle for control of the U.
Democrat Shomari Figures wins Alabama's redrawn 2nd Congressional District
Shomari Figures will become the first Black person to hold the seat in Alabama after it was created after a Supreme Court battle.
Democrat Shomari Figures wins Alabama's redrawn 2nd Congressional District seat
Alabama has elected Democrat Shomari Figures to represent Alabama's redrawn 2nd Congressional District, making him the first Black American elected to the seat, according to incomplete, unofficial results. With about 96% of the votes in, Figures had 156,622 votes compared to 130,568 for his Republican opponent, Caroleene Dobson.
AP Race Call: Democrat Shomari Figures elected to US House in Alabama's 2nd Congressional District
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 District after a federal court ordered Alabama to draw a new congressional district that ensured Black residents’ voting power.
Shomari Figures wins Alabama 2nd District in key U.S. House race
The victory gives the national Democratic Party a rare flip of a congressional seat, even if most pundits for months had anticipated a Democratic lawmaker seizing control of it.
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7:45 p.m. election update: Dobson and Figures' campaigns awaiting results
2nd Congressional District Candidate Shomari Figures speaks on key topics before Tuesday's election. 2nd Congressional ...
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Opinion | Figures v. Dobson: There’s a pretty clear choice
There's only one candidate in the CD2 race focused on issues that actually impact the residents of that district.
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Hakeem Jeffries visits Montgomery to back Shomari Figures in key Congressional race
"Just like Shomari Figures, Hakeem Jeffries believes biological men should ... but if you want change for the better and ...
Alabama voter turnout lower than 2020 presidential election
In the 2020 general election, 63% of Alabama voters went to the polls. Secretary Allen thanks local election officials for working hard. “Alabama’s probate judges, sheriffs, c ...