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District lines for the 2022 elections District lines for 2024 and subsequent elections until 2030. The U.S. state of Alabama is currently divided into seven congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives.
Three federal judges denied this map on January 24, 2022, stating that Alabama, which had an African-American population of 27% as of 2022, needed two congressional districts that were likely to elect African-American representatives, in accordance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The 2022 elections were the first to be based on the congressional districts which were defined based on the 2020 United States census. [ 3 ] Each state is responsible for the redistricting of districts within their state, while several states have one "at-large" division.
The three-judge panel that struck down Alabama's existing map in 2022 said the “appropriate remedy" is a map with a second majority-Black district or "an additional district in which Black ...
Federal judges selected new congressional lines for Alabama to give the Deep South state a second district where Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate. The three-judge ...
Resigned to become a US judge for the Middle and Northern District of Alabama. Newton N. Clements: December 8, 1880 – March 4, 1881 Democratic: 6th: Elected to finish Lewis's term. Retired. David Clopton: March 4, 1859 – January 21, 1861 Democratic: 3rd: Elected in 1859. Withdrew due to Civil War. James E. Cobb: March 4, 1887 – April 21 ...
Alabama's 5th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It encompasses the counties of Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison, Morgan and most of Jackson. It is currently represented by Republican Dale Strong, a former Madison County Commissioner.
The creation of a Democratic-leaning congressional district in Alabama has drawn a sprawling field of candidates as Democrats eye a rare opportunity in the deep red state to flip a Republican seat ...