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Mobile-born Figures, who worked in Obama’s White House, becomes first Black person to hold position since 1832

District two, where Black people comprise 48.7% of the population, was carved after a 2023 supreme court ruling

Shomari Figures (D) defeated Anthony Daniels (D) in the Democratic primary runoff in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District on April 16, 2024. Figures received 61.0% of the vote to Daniels’ 39.0%. Figures and Daniels were the top two finishers in the 11-candidate primary on March 5, 2024. The two advanced to…

Shomari Figures' win in the Democratic nomination for Alabama's 2nd Congressional District sets the stage for a competitive race with national implications.

Alabama's 2nd Congressional District primary runoffs set the stage for a potentially historic election with Shomari Figures and Caroleene Dobson as nominees.

After a contentious redrawing of Alabama’s congressional map, two candidates will compete in November for a seat, and perhaps congressional control.

Voters in Alabama's 2nd District chose Democrat Shomari Figures and Republican Caroleene Dobson in a primary runoff election.

Alabama's 2nd Congressional District was reshaped to give Black voters more political power and followed a lengthy legal battle that reached the U.S. Supreme Court.

Montgomery, the state’s capital, is included in a new congressional district, and on Tuesday, a runoff will decide who stands in November