Alabama's 2nd congressional district is a United States

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, which elects a representative to the

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. It shares most of Montgomery metropolitan area, and includes the city of Mobile, and stretches into the

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in the eastern portion of the state. The district encompasses portions of

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and Mobile counties and the entirety of Barbour,

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, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Macon,

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, Montgomery,

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, Russell, and

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counties. Other cities in the district include Greenville and

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. The district is represented by

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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

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, as a consequence of the

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's decision in ''

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'', which ordered Alabama to create a second

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opportunity district. Following this, the

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appointed a

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to create new maps for the state, which resulted in the 2nd joining the

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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

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, where he decided to run instead.

Character

There are several small-to-medium-sized cities spread throughout the district.

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and

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are both within its bounds, as is

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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

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carried it in 1976. In 2008, voters elected three-term mayor of Montgomery

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to Congress, making him the first Democrat to hold the seat since 1964. Bright then lost reelection to Republican

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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

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, voters gave

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, the Republican presidential candidate, 63.42% of the vote;

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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

, Macon,

, and Russell counties as well as the state capital of

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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 ''

''), 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,

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(part; also

), Rockville Conecuh County (4) : All four communities Crenshaw County (6) : All six communities Macon County (4) : All four communities Mobile County (8) :

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, Chunchula,

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, Gulfcrest, Mobile (part; also

), Pritchard (part; also

), Semmes, Tillmans Corner (part; also

) 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

References

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

A New Nation Votes
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External links

Fox News coverage of the 2024 election
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