EAST ALABAMA (WTVM) - Re-drawing district maps that result in a new district ... The district courts created a new District 2 which includes Russell and Barbour county voters.

The race in Alabama's 2nd Congressional District is between Democrat Shomari Figures and Republican Caroleene Dobson. The race is for an open seat. The seat is currently held by a Republican.

District 2 was designed as an “opportunity district” for Black residents to vote for a candidate of their choosing, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Alabama‘s initial congressional ...

U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures participated in a ceremonial investiture Friday at the federal courthouse in Mobile.