Shomari Figures will become the first Black person to hold the seat in Alabama after it was created after a Supreme Court ...
One of the plaintiff's in Allen v. Milligan, which led to Alabama's Congressional Map being chosen by three federal court ...
Shomari Figures’ win will give Alabama a second Black representative in their congress for the first time in the state’s ...
Alabama has elected Democrat Shomari Figures to represent Alabama's redrawn 2nd Congressional District, making him the first ...
As of 10:25 pm, with sixty of Alabama’s sixty seven counties reporting their vote tallies, NBC News is projecting that ...
With the victory by Shomari Figures, Alabama will most likely have two Black representatives in Congress at the same time for ...
Previous districts drawn by Alabama Republicans diluted Black residents’ voting power, a federal judge ruled last year.
Veterans comprise roughly 6% of the U.S. population, U.S. Census Bureau data shows. In some states, however, veterans ...
Shomari Figures became just the fourth Black representative from Alabama since Reconstruction with his win on Nov. 5.
Mo Brooks. The U.S. Supreme Court last year ruled 5-4 that the proposed Alabama congressional district map was gerrymandered, discriminating against Black voters in the state. Chief Justice John ...