Alabama's 2nd congressional district is a United States
congressional district
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in
Alabama
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, which elects a representative to the
United States House of Representatives
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. It shares most of
Montgomery metropolitan area, and includes the city of
Mobile, and stretches into the
Wiregrass Region
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in the eastern portion of the state. The district encompasses portions of
Clarke
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Irish surname origin
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and
Mobile counties and the entirety of
Barbour,
Bullock
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* Bullock (in British English), a castrated male cattle, bovine animal of any age
* Bullock (in American English), a young bull (an uncastrated male bovine animal)
* Bullock (in Australia, India and New Zealand), an o ...
,
Butler
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,
Conecuh,
Crenshaw,
Macon,
Monroe
Monroe or Monroes may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Monroe (surname)
* Monroe (given name)
* James Monroe, 5th President of the United States
* Marilyn Monroe, actress and model
Places United States
* Monroe, Arkansas, an unincorp ...
,
Montgomery,
Pike
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Fish
* Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus''
* Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes
* ''Esox'', genus of ...
,
Russell, and
Washington
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counties. Other cities in the district include
Greenville and
Troy
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.
The district is represented by
Democrat
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Shomari Figures
Shomari Coleman Figures (born September 3, 1985) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Alabama's 2nd congressional district since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, Figures was first elected in 2024 with 54.6% ...
, after being elected in 2024.
The 2nd was completely overhauled in advance of the
2024 elections
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, as a consequence of the
United States Supreme Court
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's decision in ''
Allen v. Milligan
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'', which ordered Alabama to create a second
black
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opportunity district. Following this, the
appointed a
special master
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to create new maps for the state, which resulted in the 2nd joining the
7th
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as the state's two opportunity districts. Representative
Barry Moore's home county of Coffee was drawn out of this district and into the
1st
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, where he decided to run instead.
Character
There are several small-to-medium-sized cities spread throughout the district.
Fort Novosel
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and
Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base
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are both within its bounds, as is
Troy University
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.
White voters here were among the first in Alabama to shift from the Democratic Party; the old-line Southern Democrats in this area began splitting their tickets as early as the 1950s. Southeast Alabama is one of the most Republican regions in both Alabama and the nation. It has only supported a Democrat for president once since 1956, when
Jimmy Carter
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carried it in 1976.
In 2008, voters elected three-term mayor of Montgomery
Bobby Bright
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to Congress, making him the first Democrat to hold the seat since 1964. Bright then lost reelection to Republican
Martha Roby
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in 2010, who was a member of the Montgomery City Council. Roby did not run for reelection in the 2020 election, and Republican
Barry Moore was elected to the open seat. At the state and local level, however, conservative Democrats continued to hold most offices as late as 2002.
In the
2008 United States presidential election
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, voters gave
John McCain
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, the Republican presidential candidate, 63.42% of the vote;
Barack Obama
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, the Democratic candidate, received 36.05%, attracting voters beyond the substantial (and expected) African-American minority.
The district gives its congressmen very long tenures in Washington; only six people have represented it from 1923 to 2021, with five of six holding it for at least 10 years and four of six holding it for at least 15 years. Barry Moore, elected in 2021, represented the district when it was redrawn in 2023; since the district was redrawn, he has continued his congressional career in the neighboring 1st district.
The new 2nd district includes the heavier African American communities of
Butler
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,
Macon,
Monroe
Monroe or Monroes may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Monroe (surname)
* Monroe (given name)
* James Monroe, 5th President of the United States
* Marilyn Monroe, actress and model
Places United States
* Monroe, Arkansas, an unincorp ...
,
Pike
Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to:
Fish
* Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus''
* Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes
* ''Esox'', genus of ...
, and
Russell counties as well as the state capital of
Montgomery, Alabama
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.
Counties and communities within the distirct
For the
119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following the Supreme Court's decision in ''
Allen v. Milligan
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''), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities.
Barbour County (6)
: All six communities
Bullock County (3)
: All three communities
Butler County (3)
: All three communities
Clarke County (3)
:
Carlton,
Jackson
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* Jackson oil field in Durham, ...
(part; also
7th
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),
Rockville
Conecuh County (4)
: All four communities
Crenshaw County (6)
: All six communities
Macon County (4)
: All four communities
Mobile County (8)
:
Chickasaw
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,
Chunchula,
Citronelle
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,
Gulfcrest,
Mobile (part; also
1st
First most commonly refers to:
* First, the ordinal form of the number 1
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* Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array
* Far Infrared a ...
),
Pritchard (part; also
1st
First most commonly refers to:
* First, the ordinal form of the number 1
First or 1st may also refer to:
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* Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array
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),
Semmes,
Tillmans Corner (part; also
1st
First most commonly refers to:
* First, the ordinal form of the number 1
First or 1st may also refer to:
Acronyms
* Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array
* Far Infrared a ...
)
Monroe County (8)
: All eight communities
Montgomery County (2)
:
Montgomery,
Pike Road
Pike County (4)
: All four communities
Russell County (3)
: All three communities
Washington County (12)
: All 12 communities
Recent election results from statewide races
List of members representing the district
Recent election results
These are the results from the previous twelve election cycles in Alabama's 2nd district.
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
See also
*
Alabama's congressional districts
The U.S. state of Alabama is currently divided into seven congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives.
Since the 1973 redistricting in the United States, redistricting following the 1970 ...
*
List of United States congressional districts
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References
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;General
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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–presentA New Nation Votes*
External links
Fox News coverage of the 2024 election
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Autauga County, Alabama
Barbour County, Alabama
Bullock County, Alabama
Butler County, Alabama
Coffee County, Alabama
Conecuh County, Alabama
Covington County, Alabama
Crenshaw County, Alabama
Dale County, Alabama
Elmore County, Alabama
Geneva County, Alabama
Henry County, Alabama
Houston County, Alabama
Lowndes County, Alabama
Montgomery County, Alabama
Constituencies established in 1823
1823 establishments in Alabama
Constituencies disestablished in 1841
1841 disestablishments in Alabama
Constituencies established in 1843
1843 establishments in Alabama
Constituencies disestablished in 1861
1861 disestablishments in Alabama
Constituencies established in 1868
1868 establishments in Alabama
Constituencies disestablished in 1963
1963 disestablishments in Alabama
Constituencies established in 1965
1965 establishments in Alabama