CAMPAIGN 2024: State Rep. Jeremy Gray enters race for 2nd Congressional District
State Rep. Jeremy Gray (D-Opelika) has announced that he is joining the field of candidates running for Congress is the newly-redrawn 2nd Congressional District.
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Federal judges to hear input on proposed new congressional lines in Alabama
The court will hear input Tuesday on three plans proposed by a court-appointed special master as it prepares to select a plan for use in the 2024 congressional elections.
Marshall: Alabama objects to proposed congressional districts designed to boost Black representation
The Alabama attorney general’s office says it opposes all three congressional maps proposed by a court-appointed special master as federal judges begin drawing new lines to create a second majority-Black district in the state or something close to it.
U.S. Supreme Court allows Alabama’s congressional map to be redrawn
The U.S. Supreme Court will allow the drawing of a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for Black voters to proceed.
Federal panel of judges will not pause Alabama congressional map action
A three-judge panel refused Monday to pause an order to draw new congressional districts in Alabama while the state pursues another round of appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Alabama’s new congressional district lines blocked, federal judges order new lines drawn
The state is expected to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Federal judges question Alabama’s new congressional district map
Federal judges reviewing Alabama’s new congressional map on Monday sharply questioned if state lawmakers ignored the court’s directive to create a second-majority Black district, or something close to it.
Fight over Alabama’s congressional redistricting now shifts back to federal court
The fight over whether Alabama’s congressional map complies with the Voting Rights Act now shifts back to federal court as the new plan goes before the same three-judge panel that struck down the previous districts.
Alabama lawmakers are divided on eve of congressional redistricting deadline
On the eve of a court deadline, Alabama lawmakers were still divided Thursday over the map designating new congressional districts and sparred over what constitutes an “opportunity” district that the state was ordered to create for Black voters.
Alabama lawmakers to begin work on new congressional map
Alabama legislators will hold their first meeting next week to determine what the state’s new congressional map should look like after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the state unlawfully dilutes the power of Black voters.
