Napoleon Bracy Jr. (born 1976 or 1977) is an American politician. He serves as a Democratic member of the

Alabama House of Representatives The Alabama State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature of state of Alabama. The House is composed of 105 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency contai ...

, representing Mobile County, Alabama. In May 2017, he opposed the bill for the

Alabama Memorial Preservation Act The Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017 (Ala. Code § 41-9-230 through 237, AL Act 2017-354, Senate Bill 60) is an act of law in the U.S. state of Alabama which requires local governments to obtain state permission before moving or renaming ...

, which would make it harder to remove Confederate monuments in Alabama; he argued, "People that sponsor bills like this don't care about me."

Congressional race

In November 2023, Bracy announced his candidacy to represent

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in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is running as a Democrat in the March 5, 2024, primary election.

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