Alabama Republicans thought they had drawn a safe US House seat. A Black congressman had other ideas

October 31, 2026
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Democrat Shomari Figures of Alabama is one of several Black members of Congress who’ve had their House districts redrawn by Republicans in the wake of the Supreme Court decision weakening the Voting Rights Act | 100.1 FM and AM 1020 KDKA

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