Alabama Republicans thought they had drawn a safe US House seat. A Black congressman had other ideas
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — When the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act this year, U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures knew he was going to be targeted. Alabama’s Republican-controlled Legislature soon after redrew the 2nd Congressional District , one of only two in the state represented by a Democrat, to make it easier for the GOP to win. Figures, one of several Black members of Congress who saw…
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