Shomari Figures and Caroleene Dobson are in a heated battle for a redrawn Alabama House district
The heated election comes after a bitter legal fight over the shape of the district.
The heated election comes after a bitter legal fight over the shape of the district.
‘He’ll also fight for that ultimate progress where justice, fairness and equality are just the norm.’
‘He wants to continue the policies of the last four years, but you and I should ask ourselves: Are we better off than we were four years ago?’
The open seat has sparked a heated race for the district that could help decide control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Voters in the new 2nd District favored Democrats in the last two presidential elections, giving President Joe Biden about 56% of the vote in 2020 and Hillary Clinton about 54% of the vote in 2016.
The Republican nomination is being decided in a runoff between former state senator Dick Brewbaker and attorney Caroleene Dobson.
Democrats aim to flip the once reliably GOP congressional seat in the Deep South. Republicans are seeking to hold the seat with control of the U.S. House of Representatives at stake.
A federal court in November drew new congressional lines after ruling Alabama had illegally diluted the voting strength of Black residents.