Federal judges will weigh a request to bring Alabama back under the preclearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act after ...

A federal judge forced Alabama to adopt a new congressional map drawn by a court-appointed expert after the state’s lawmakers resisted court orders to create a second majority-Black district.

Federal judges ruled Thursday that Alabama intentionally discriminated against Black residents when the state disobeyed court orders to draw a second Black-majority congressional district. A three ...

The court-ordered map used in the 2024 elections resulted in Alabama electing two Black representatives to Congress for the first time in history, the groups said.

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 5.9.25: Alabama’s congressional map rejected by federal court Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. May 9, 2025, 12:00 PM EDT ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The state of Alabama is appealing a federal court ruling from earlier in the year that struck down its 2023 congressional map.In May, a three-judge federal court ruling found ...

“The 2026 Alabama governor’s race is certainly wide open, and I would not be surprised at all if a political newcomer makes a strong run,” Fording said in an email.

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — On opposite sides of the courthouse square in Tuskegee, Alabama — a place steeped in African American history, including the city’s namesake university and World War II ...