Alabama Rep. Thomas Jackson, D-Thomasville, has pre-filed a bill that would allow registered voters to vote prior to election day. This bill would require each county to provide at least one early voting center to be open during the week immediately preceding election day, according to its text.
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.
Shomari Figures will become the first Black person to hold the seat in Alabama after it was created after a Supreme Court battle.
With the victory by Shomari Figures, Alabama will most likely have two Black representatives in Congress at the same time for the first time in its history.
Alabama has elected Democrat Shomari Figures to Congress after courts forced the state to redraw district lines.
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.
Republican Rep. Robert Aderholt won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Alabama on Tuesday. Aderholt, who was first elected to Congress in 1996, was unopposed in the general election race for Alabama’s 4th Congressional District.
Republican Rep. Barry Moore won election to a U.S. House seat representing Alabama on Tuesday. Moore defeated Democratic nominee Tom Holmes to win the election to Alabama’s 1st Congressional District.
Alabama voters are deciding who will represent a congressional district redrawn after a lengthy redistricting battle.
Republican Rep. Gary Palmer won election to a U.S. House seat representing Alabama on Tuesday. Palmer was reelected to Alabama’s 6th Congressional District. He defeated Democratic nominee Elizabeth Anderson.
With Election Day 2024 results in, Republican former President Donald Trump was again elected president. Trump won Alabama’s nine electoral votes over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and then secured the election.