Voters in a new Alabama congressional district at the center of an ongoing legal and political dispute will return to the polls Tuesday to select the nominees in a U.S. House contest that could help decide control of the narrowly divided chamber this November.A chance at a congressional seat isn’t the only position up for grabs on Tuesday. Alabamians in dozens of counties will return to the polls to vote in several local primary runoff races as well.Who is running?>> Check your county-by-county guide here. What positions are being voted on?>> Check your sample ballots here.Where and when can I vote?>>Check your polling location here. Voters who participated in either the Democratic or Republican primary for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District on March 5 may only vote in the same party’s primary runoff on Tuesday. In other words, Democratic primary voters may not vote in the Republican runoff and vice versa.Voters registered in the 2nd District who did not participate in any party’s primary may vote in either runoff.Why is this race important?This race is unique because it will determine the Democratic and Republican candidates for District 2 in November. That will determine who will win the first newly-mapped Congressional seat.A federal court adopted new boundaries for the 2nd District last year following a lawsuit that alleged the state’s congressional districts were “racially gerrymandered” to limit the influence of the state’s Black voters. Alabama has a Black population of about 27%, but the lawsuit claimed the old map illegally concentrated them in one congressional district to limit their political power, a practice known as “packing.” The case went to the Supreme Court, which affirmed the lower court’s ruling requiring the state legislature to create a second district with a sizable share of Black voters.The new 2nd District stretches from the Georgia border in southeast Alabama to the Mississippi border in the southwest. It includes Montgomery and parts of Mobile. The district has a Black population of about 49%, up from about a third of the population under the old lines. Voters in the new 2nd District favored Democrats in the last two presidential elections, giving President Joe Biden about 56% of the vote in 2020 and Hillary Clinton about 54% of the vote in 2016.PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Alabama’s new congressional redistricting map selectedWhat should Alabamians expect?Elections in Alabama are subject to an automatic recount if the margin of victory is 0.5% of the total vote or less. Turnout on Super Tuesday in the 2nd District was 11% of registered voters in the Democratic primary and 12% in the Republican primary.In the 2022 primaries, pre-Election Day voting made up about 4% of the total vote in the Democratic statewide primaries and about 2% in the Republican contests. Stay updated on the latest political stories with the WVTM 13 app. You can download it here.
Voters in a new Alabama congressional district at the center of an ongoing legal and political dispute will return to the polls Tuesday to select the nominees in a U.S. House contest that could help decide control of the narrowly divided chamber this November.
A chance at a congressional seat isn’t the only position up for grabs on Tuesday. Alabamians in dozens of counties will return to the polls to vote in several local primary runoff races as well.
Who is running?
>> Check your county-by-county guide here.
What positions are being voted on?
>> Check your sample ballots here.
Where and when can I vote?
>>Check your polling location here.
Voters who participated in either the Democratic or Republican primary for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District on March 5 may only vote in the same party’s primary runoff on Tuesday. In other words, Democratic primary voters may not vote in the Republican runoff and vice versa.
Voters registered in the 2nd District who did not participate in any party’s primary may vote in either runoff.
Why is this race important?
This race is unique because it will determine the Democratic and Republican candidates for District 2 in November. That will determine who will win the first newly-mapped Congressional seat.
A federal court adopted new boundaries for the 2nd District last year following a lawsuit that alleged the state’s congressional districts were “racially gerrymandered” to limit the influence of the state’s Black voters. Alabama has a Black population of about 27%, but the lawsuit claimed the old map illegally concentrated them in one congressional district to limit their political power, a practice known as “packing.” The case went to the Supreme Court, which affirmed the lower court’s ruling requiring the state legislature to create a second district with a sizable share of Black voters.
The new 2nd District stretches from the Georgia border in southeast Alabama to the Mississippi border in the southwest. It includes Montgomery and parts of Mobile. The district has a Black population of about 49%, up from about a third of the population under the old lines. Voters in the new 2nd District favored Democrats in the last two presidential elections, giving President Joe Biden about 56% of the vote in 2020 and Hillary Clinton about 54% of the vote in 2016.
PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Alabama’s new congressional redistricting map selected
What should Alabamians expect?
Elections in Alabama are subject to an automatic recount if the margin of victory is 0.5% of the total vote or less.
Turnout on Super Tuesday in the 2nd District was 11% of registered voters in the Democratic primary and 12% in the Republican primary.
In the 2022 primaries, pre-Election Day voting made up about 4% of the total vote in the Democratic statewide primaries and about 2% in the Republican contests.
Stay updated on the latest political stories with the WVTM 13 app. You can download it here.
