New Alabama Map Aids Democrats With Heavily Black District (1)

Oct. 5, 2023, 4:18 PM UTCUpdated: Oct. 5, 2023, 5:31 PM UTC

Democrats will be favored to win a new heavily Black congressional district and two Alabama Republicans could end up running against each other under the redistricting plan adopted Thursday by a panel of federal judges.

The new lines, which will go into effect for the 2024 election, link Mobile to Montgomery with a revised 2nd District traversing the width of the state. It would have a 48.7% Black voting-age population, up from 30.1% in the 2022 election map the judges threw out—a decision backed by the US Supreme Court.

Two-term Rep. Barry Moore (R) is immediately endangered, as the ...

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