Alabama's 2nd congressional district
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Alabama's 2nd congressional district is a United States congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It shares most of Montgomery metropolitan area, and includes the city of Mobile, and stretches into the Wiregrass Region in the eastern portion of the state. The district encompasses portions of Clarke and Mobile counties and the entirety of Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Macon, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Russell, and Washington counties. Other cities in the district include Greenville and Troy.
The district is represented by Democrat Shomari Figures, after being elected in 2024.
The 2nd was completely overhauled in advance of the 2024 elections, as a consequence of the United States Supreme Court's decision in Allen v. Milligan, which ordered Alabama to create a second black opportunity district. Following this, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama appointed a special master to create new maps for the state, which resulted in the 2nd joining the 7th as the state's two opportunity districts.[1] Representative Barry Moore's home county of Coffee was drawn out of this district and into the 1st, where he decided to run instead.[2]
Character
Template:More citations needed section There are several small-to-medium-sized cities spread throughout the district. Fort Novosel and Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base are both within its bounds, as is Troy University.
White voters here were among the first in Alabama to shift from the Democratic Party; the old-line Southern Democrats in this area began splitting their tickets as early as the 1950s. Southeast Alabama is one of the most Republican regions in both Alabama and the nation. It has only supported a Democrat for president once since 1956, when Jimmy Carter carried it in 1976.
In 2008, voters elected three-term mayor of Montgomery Bobby Bright to Congress, making him the first Democrat to hold the seat since 1964. Bright then lost reelection to Republican Martha Roby in 2010, who was a member of the Montgomery City Council. Roby did not run for reelection in the 2020 election, and Republican Barry Moore was elected to the open seat. At the state and local level, however, conservative Democrats continued to hold most offices as late as 2002.
In the 2008 United States presidential election, voters gave John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, 63.42% of the vote; Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate, received 36.05%, attracting voters beyond the substantial (and expected) African-American minority.
The district gives its congressmen very long tenures in Washington; only six people have represented it from 1923 to 2021, with five of six holding it for at least 10 years and four of six holding it for at least 15 years. Barry Moore, elected in 2021, represented the district when it was redrawn in 2023; since the district was redrawn, he has continued his congressional career in the neighboring 1st district.[3]
The new 2nd district includes the heavier African American communities of Butler, Macon, Monroe, Pike, and Russell counties as well as the state capital of Montgomery, Alabama. [4]
Counties and communities within the distirct
For the 119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following the Supreme Court's decision in Allen v. Milligan), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities.[5]
Barbour County (6)
- All six communities
Bullock County (3)
- All three communities
Butler County (3)
- All three communities
Clarke County (3)
Conecuh County (4)
- All four communities
Crenshaw County (6)
- All six communities
Macon County (4)
- All four communities
Mobile County (8)
- Chickasaw, Chunchula, Citronelle, Gulfcrest, Mobile (part; also 1st), Pritchard (part; also 1st), Semmes, Tillmans Corner (part; also 1st)
Monroe County (8)
- All eight communities
Pike County (4)
- All four communities
Russell County (3)
- All three communities
Washington County (12)
- All 12 communities
Recent election results from statewide races
| Year | Office | Results[6] |
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| 2008 | President | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Obama 55% - 44% |
| 2012 | President | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Obama 57% - 43% |
| 2016 | President | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Clinton 54% - 43% |
| Senate | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Crumpton 54% - 46% | |
| 2017 | Senate (Spec.) | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Jones 66% - 33% |
| 2018 | Governor | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Maddox 57% - 43% |
| Lt. Governor | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Boyd 57% - 43% | |
| Attorney General | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Siegelman 59% - 41% | |
| 2020 | President | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Biden 56% - 43% |
| Senate | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Jones 58% - 41% | |
| 2022 | Senate | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Boyd 49.3% - 48.8% |
| Governor | align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Ivey 49% - 48% | |
| Attorney General | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Major 51% - 49% | |
| Secretary of State | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Laffitte 50% - 47% | |
| 2024 | President | align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Harris 53% - 45% |
List of members representing the district
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Recent election results
These are the results from the previous twelve election cycles in Alabama's 2nd district.[7]
2002
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2004
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2006
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2008
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2010
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2012
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2014
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2016
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2018
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2020
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2022
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2024
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See also
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References
- Specific
- General
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- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
- A New Nation Votes
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External links
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- ↑ https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd119/cd_based/ST01/CD119_AL02.pdf
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- Congressional districts of Alabama
- Autauga County, Alabama
- Barbour County, Alabama
- Bullock County, Alabama
- Butler County, Alabama
- Coffee County, Alabama
- Conecuh County, Alabama
- Covington County, Alabama
- Crenshaw County, Alabama
- Dale County, Alabama
- Elmore County, Alabama
- Geneva County, Alabama
- Henry County, Alabama
- Houston County, Alabama
- Lowndes County, Alabama
- Montgomery County, Alabama
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