Follow Alabama House District 2 election results live during the 2024 election. Get updates on voting outcomes from the Alabama House election, including maps from NBC News.
The Shomari Figures win on Tuesday might still play a pivotal role in the House majority, which might not be determined until later this week.
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Shomari Figures will become the first Black person to hold the seat in Alabama after it was created after a Supreme Court battle.
Shomari Figures, the Black Democrat running in an Alabama congressional district redrawn last year by a court order, has won the seat over Republican Caroleene Dobson, NBC News projects.
With the victory by Shomari Figures, Alabama will most likely have two Black representatives in Congress at the same time for the first time in its history.
Donald Trump (R) won Alabama by 25.5 points in 2020.
Alabama has elected Democrat Shomari Figures to Congress after courts forced the state to redraw district lines.
Democrat Shomari Figures won election to a U.S. House seat representing Alabama on Thursday. Republican Rep. Barry Moore, who currently represents the district, is running in the neighboring 1st District after a federal court ordered Alabama to draw a new congressional district that ensured Black residents’ voting power.
Alabama voters are deciding who will represent a congressional district redrawn after a lengthy redistricting battle.
Of the counties with nearly complete results, more than 90 percent shifted in favor of former President Donald J. Trump in the 2024 presidential election. The map below shows how votes cast in this race compare with votes cast in the 2020 presidential election in the same area. Only areas that have reported almost all of their votes are shown.